title: [Surgical treatment of fractures in tropical countries].
abstract: In tropical countries, the indication for operative treatment of fractures treatment must be restrictive. Based on our own experience and the treatment results, the prerequisites for operative treatment are given and proposals concerning indication, preoperative preparation and operative tactics. The osteosyntheses recommended are the different forms of external fixation, in particular the external fixator (AO) and the transfixational plaster cast technique. The external fixator is the basic tool in tropical traumatology.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Hand-, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Ulm/Donau.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elanga
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fleischmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D003906:Developing Countries; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D014329:Tropical Climate
vernacular_title: Operative Frakturbehandlung in tropischen Ländern.