title: [Use of a rod apparatus for external fixation in the treatment of hand injuries].
abstract: The authors describe an external fixation rod apparatus and the results of its application in 28 patients with various injuries. The apparatus was used in the patients with fractures of phalanges of the fingers and metacarpal bones for extra-articular fixation after the elimination of contractures and dislocations in the joints, in cases of combined epidermatoplasty, arthrodesis, etc. The method of treatment had to be changed only in 2 patients. In all other cases the effect of the rod apparatus was positive.
authors: M V
authors: MV
authors: Andruson
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Goloboro'dko
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001858:Bone Nails; D004867:Equipment Design; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D014586:USSR
vernacular_title: Ispo'lzovanie sterzhnevogo apparata naruzhnoĭ fiksatsii pri lechenii povrezhdeniĭ kisti.