External fixation of fractures: a simple method.
A simple and versatile method for external fixation of fractures of long bones is described. The method was first used in 1976 in a successful attempt to save a limb which had sustained a severe comminuted fracture of the tibia with vascular impairment.
D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery