title: Skeletal fixation: a review.
abstract: While improvements in surgical techniques and recent trends toward early surgery and patient mobilization have led to skeletal traction being utilized more sparingly, it continues to be a basic skill required by the orthopaedic surgeon. The most commonly used anatomical sites for skeletal fixation--distal femur, proximal tibia, distal tibia, calcaneus, and olecranon--are reviewed and illustrated.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Vangsness
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails / Q000592:standards*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D014143:Traction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards