Taber's Medical Dictionary
Crutchfield tongs
(krŭtch″fēld′)
[William Gayle Crutchfield, U.S. surgeon, 1900-1972]
A traction device whose pins are inserted into the skull to distract and/or immobilize the neck. Crutchfield tongs are used to stabilize fractures of the cervical spine.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Crutchfield Tongs." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768816/0/Crutchfield_tongs.
Crutchfield tongs. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768816/0/Crutchfield_tongs. Accessed December 21, 2024.
Crutchfield tongs. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768816/0/Crutchfield_tongs
Crutchfield Tongs [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 21]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768816/0/Crutchfield_tongs.
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