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-free. Nonunion treated with external fixators External fixation is another option to treat nonunions, not contradicting nails or plates. However, it offers good options especially when patients are referred late, already have joint contractures, severe
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bleeding must be promptly identified and addressed (derives from medial and lateral sacral arteries, presacral venous plexus, superior gluteal artery and iliac arteries). 25 , 35 Pelvic stabilization with a pelvic binder, a sheet or an external fixator
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Decoster TA Hurwitz SR . Use of an articulated external fixator for fractures of the tibial plafond . J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1995 ; 77-A : 1498 – 1509 . 18. Williams J Gibbons M Trundle H Murray D
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in the early period after they sustained a low-energy, unstable ankle fracture, primary ankle arthrodesis was performed. 22 The authors chose circular external fixator or intramedullary nail to obtain arthrodesis, depending on whether patients
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implanting a fixed or hinged external fixator between the tibia and talus while applying a distraction force to the ankle joint, either alone or in combination with other joint techniques (chondroplasty, osteochondral holes, microfractures, hyaluronic acid or
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intramedullary nailing (IMN). An external fixator is also an option, however rarely indicated. Undisplaced or minimally displaced HSF are routinely treated conservatively. In fact, anterior angulation of 20°, a varus or valgus of 30°, 15° of malrotation and 3 cm
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-bearing status, mobility and most daily activities. Many are in casts, splits or external fixators such as Ilizarov frames. Failure of treatment in this group has an immediate impact. Many scaphoid non-union patients, especially with non-dominant side injuries
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-plates, fragment-specific plates, anatomical volar locking plates (VLP), external fixators, metal K-wires, nails and screws. Before the introduction of VLP, the most commonly used method was external fixation with or without K-wires. Surgery with VLP was introduced
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Freshly culled calf forefeet may be perfused with calf serum with IOP measured with and without a proximal tourniquet. Skeletal external fixator loading and more physiological loading by direct hoof pressure with both static and dynamic loading regimes to
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severe disease Staged procedure This procedure is indicated for patients with severe PIP contractures. At the first stage, an external fixator is placed across the joint. The tension across the fixator is progressively increased over a period of six