Open AccessTHE HISTORY OF THE METHOD OF DISTRACTION OSTEOSYNTHESIS IN HAND SURGERY, ITS DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT STATE
Author(s) -
Vladimir Ivanovich Zavarukhin,
Заварухин Владимир Иванович,
Sergey I. Golyana,
Голяна Сергей Иванович,
Anton Vladimirovich Govorov,
Говоров Антон Владимирович
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ortopediâ, travmatologiâ i vosstanovitelʹnaâ hirurgiâ detskogo vozrasta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2410-8731
pISSN - 2309-3994
DOI - 10.17816/ptors1172-76
Subject(s) - distraction , osteosynthesis , orthopedic surgery , distraction osteogenesis , fixation (population genetics) , external fixation , medicine , surgery , orthodontics , external fixator , psychology , cognitive psychology , population , environmental health
This article is a brief historical review of distraction osteogenesis development in hand surgery. It describes the key steps in the evolution of methods beginning with immobilization and external fixation up to the distraction method in orthopaedics and its introduction in hand surgery.