title: [External fixation of wood as an example of an adapted technic].
abstract: Logistic reasons gave rise to construction, production and application of an external fixation made of the wood of the rubber-tree (ficus elastica) during the treatment of Cambodian war-injured patients at the field hospital of Khao I Dang. Round pieces of wood 1.5 cm respectively 2 cm in diameter, with drill-holes (diameter 3.2 mm) for the "Steinmann"-nails were planed from well-seasoned planks of the Jang-tree. For the treatment of 25 open fractures - the wooden fixation proved to be the best solution.
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014934:Wood; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Fixateur externe aus Holz als Beispiel angepasster Technik.