[External fixator in the district hospital]

Follow-up checks were performed on 59 cases of external fixation between 1 and 9 years after operation. Complications are not severe, and all patients of this group finally had achieved a good or very good functional end result. External fixator is found a favourite method for use in an ordinary hospital as the author's. The criteria of indication particularly found a new evaluation. The need of giving the external fixator in accurately defined instability is emphasized.