External skeletal fixation: experience in a small rural hospital in northern Kenya.
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.
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MOH Sololo General Hospital, Kenya.
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