title: [Carbon frames. Positioning and reduction aids in tibial intramedullary nailing with unreamed technique].
abstract: Intramedullary stabilisation of long bones is an established treatment option since Küntscher. Especially for tibial nailing different methods were proposed in the past, were as the use of a fracture table was more or less the standard procedure. Since 4 years now we are nailing tibial fractures without fracture table. We are now using more and more a simple carbon fibre-frame, easily assembled by parts of the AO external fixator. So we can minimize the additional iatrogenic soft tissue damage during surgery and the logistic preoperative set-up in the operation theatre is shorter.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Klinik für Unfallchirurgie Graz.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Seibert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schippinger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bratschitsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friedam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Szyszkowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002244:Carbon; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon