title: Prof. Vatroslav Florschütz and the Balkan beam frame.
abstract: Prof. Vatroslav Florschütz constructed in 1911 an extension table for repositioning bone fracture fragments of the upper and lower extremities, after which a plaster splint was applied--this later became to be known as the Balkan beam frame. Florschütz's personal insistences of new techniques at the beginning of the 1900 have helped shape war surgery and traumatology.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pavic
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000266:history*; D014143:Traction / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation