Open AccessEarly complications of preoperative external traction fixation in the staged treatment of tibial fractures: A series of 402 cases
Author(s) -
Jiazhao Yang,
Wanbo Zhu,
Liubing Li,
Qirong Dong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i20.4743
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , external fixation , soft tissue , soft tissue injury , traction (geology) , external fixator , geomorphology , geology
Different external skeletal fixators have been widely used in preoperative traction of high-energy tibial fractures prior to a definitive surgical treatment. However, the early complications associated with this staged treatment for traction and soft tissue injury recovery have rarely been discussed.