[Use of Küntscher's distractor]

Kuntscher's distractor is very simply constructed apparatus with a great power of traction, by which remarkable dislocations of shortening of extremity bone fragments can be gradually corrected. It is applied in acute and especially in not correctly grown fractures with shortening and in pseudoarthrosis. By that, closed osteosynthesis according to Küntscher is enabled, and side dislocation of hyperdistended fragments is slightly corrected during the treatment. We have distractor successfully applied in 12 patients with not correctly grown bone fractures, in pseudoarthrosis, and we did a stable osteosynthesis too. It has been usefully applied in contusions of extremities, draining according to Willeneger.