title: [Conversion of external fixation to an intramedullary nail in complicated fractures.].
abstract: The authors present the method of conversion of external fixation to an intramedullary nail in treatment of complicated fractures of the diaphysis of the leg. This procedure is useful in particular in open fractures and in fractures associated traumatological issue. Conversion gives very satisfactory therapeutic result with a minimum of complications. The purpose of the present paper is to elucidate the procedure and make the readers familiar with the autors' experience assembled with the method in the first six patients. Key words: external fixation, conversion, intramedullary nail.
authors.affiliation: Ortopedická klinika IPVZ, Praha-Bulovka.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Závitkovský
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilnácek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cechová
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malkus