title: Fractures of the femoral shaft treated by external fixation with the Wagner device.
abstract: The Wagner external skeletal-fixation system was used to treat twenty complex fractures involving the femur, and nineteen of the fractures healed. Chronic osteomyelitis did not develop in any of the patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications