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An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice
Published on: November 13, 2016
[Conversion of external fixation to an intramedullary nail in complicated fractures.]
P Závitkovský1, J Pilnácek, I Cechová
1Ortopedická klinika IPVZ, Praha-Bulovka.
Abstract:
The authors present the method of conversion of external fixation to an intramedullary nail in treatment of complicated fractures of the diaphysis of the leg. This procedure is useful in particular in open fractures and in fractures associated traumatological issue. Conversion gives very satisfactory therapeutic result with a minimum of complications. The purpose of the present paper is to elucidate the procedure and make the readers familiar with the autors' experience assembled with the method in the first six patients. Key words: external fixation, conversion, intramedullary nail.
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