Readily improvised wrench for reduction of fractures during closed intramedullary nailing.
Overhead frame traction equipment can be used to build an adjustable, radiolucent, sterilizable, reduction device. The method achieves a quick and easy reduction of the fracture for passage of intramedullary nailing guide wires.
D004867:Equipment Design; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D014143:Traction / Q000295:instrumentation