A simple technique for creating hybrid fixators using a modified AO single adjustable clamp.
Hybrid external fixators with limited internal fixation have become popular in the treatment of complex intraarticular fractures of the tibia. A wide variety of hybrid external fixation systems are commercially available, but these frames are expensive and not always readily available. The authors present a simple hybrid frame constructed from the AO tubular and Ilizarov type external fixator sets using a modified AO single adjustable clamp. This hybrid frame is easy to apply, versatile, and significantly less expensive than other commercially available adaptors and frames.
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Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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D004867:Equipment Design; D016267:External Fixators; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy