Open AccessNew design of an external fixation apparatus for the treatment of patients with open fractures of the forearm bones
Author(s) -
R. B. Aydarov,
E. V. Lushnikov,
F. F. Khafizov
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj96020
Subject(s) - forearm , medicine , external fixation , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , open fracture , external fixator , orthopedic surgery , population , environmental health
Treatment of patients with open fractures of the long bones is an important problem for practical healthcare due to the severity of this pathology, the high risk of complications, the duration of treatment, and the large number of unsatisfactory outcomes. The choice of the method of bone fragment immobilization is one of the challenging tasks faced by traumatologists in providing emergency care to patients with open fractures of the long tubular bones. The advantages of early extrafocal external fixation in this pathology are well known.