title: [External fixation in open fractures].
abstract: Author analyses 644 cases of compound fractures managed at the University Department of traumatology, Ljubljana from 1981. do 1987. He examines the incidence of compound fractures and fractures of other types. He analyses the fractures according to the Matter-Rittmann-Algöver classification. Various fixation techniques are described, especially reduction by external fixators used in nearly all grade III compound fractures. The most frequently applied tube-shaped fixator (Synthes) is presented. In 51% of cases external fixation was changed in first three months of treatment. The average length of external fixator application was 4 months, the full weight bearing in average after 7 months. Postoperative bone infection occurred in 4% of cases.
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authors.lastname: Ales
mesh_terms: D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Vanjska fiksacija kod otvorenih preloma.