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[stealthsilent]

Do you need traction benches in your hospital, or can you just have splints instead and tables and beds and that's it?

[iceball3]

Lack of traction benches means that certain breaks can't be immobilized properly.
Considering their relatively small expense, there is little point to not having at least one in your hospital, unless you're lacking things like chains, in which case you can get one as soon as you get enough to spare. Mechanisms and tables can be made from rock, and so are a superfluous requirement for these purposes. The chain however, assuming you do not have one yet, requires either fabric industry, metal industry, or getting one in a trade.

[PatrikLundell]

And organic chains are called ropes. You want a cloth making industry (or caravan purchases) to satisfy moods anyway. I tend to make 4 ropes early on: 3 for traction benches and one for a well (and I believe the standard embark setup contains 3 ropes, by the way).

[greycat]

If one of your dwarves requires traction, it should show up as such in their health screen.  I think you may even get red job failure notices about not having a traction bench, but it's been a while and maybe I'm mis-remembering.  In any case, it's a low priority piece of furniture unless one of your dwarves actually gets into this state.  (It's rare, because a dwarf this severly injured who is still alive is rare.)

[Bouchart]

They are rarely needed and you can go decades without them.  Just build one in your hospital and forget about it.

[Dirst]

They are rarely needed and you can go decades without them.  Just build one in your hospital and forget about it.

But if it's well-made then your patients and medical staff can admire it.  So not totally worthless.