title: External skeletal fixation: experience in a small rural hospital in northern Kenya.
abstract: The author describes the use of external skeletal fixation in the management of complicated septic limb fractures. Eight fractures in seven patients were treated at Sololo General Hospital using a low cost, simple external device, with good results. The report emphasizes how external fixation can solve difficult fracture cases in small up-country hospitals; a good example of appropriate technology at district level.
authors: MOH Sololo General Hospital, Kenya.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Galvagno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male