title: [External fixation in reconstructive hand surgery].
abstract: Over the last two decades, a new type of treatment has been established in reconstructive surgery of the hand. By means of an external fixator used as a distraction device, thumb and fingers are reconstructed. Used as a compression device, the external fixator accelerates the treatment of pseudarthroses, posttraumatic deformities, chronic osteomyelitis and healing following arthrodesis in the hand. There is no universal external device for the hand. Each part of the hand needs a specific fixator. Two basic questions require further studies: Improvement of the external fixators. Acceleration of the callus formation in the distraction method.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskrankenhaus für Orthopädie, Sofia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matev
mesh_terms: D016267:External Fixators; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries
vernacular_title: Die externe Fixation in der wiederherstellenden Handchirurgie.