Overdesign of external fixation systems.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
This article reviews 850 cases of open fractures of the extremities caused by high velocity missiles and shell fragments, and treated by two varieties of external fixation devices. If a protocol for grading the severity of injury is followed, the results encourage avoiding sophisticated, expensive, and overdesigned external fixation systems.
Medical subject headings
- External Fixators
- Fractures, Bone