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The external fixator in small animal orthopaedics
Author(s) -
Carmichael S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1991.tb00861.x
Subject(s) - medicine , external fixator , external fixation , fixation (population genetics) , orthopedic surgery , orthodontics , surgery , population , environmental health
The external fixator is an increasingly popular means of fracture fixation in small animals. Pins inserted into the affected bone are clamped to a rigid metal rod adjacent to the limb, thus neutralising forces through the bone. This system of fixation is versatile and inexpensive, and is well suited to treatment of a variety of small animal and exotic injuries including open or comminuted fractures, fractures of the mandible and joint instability.