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Pins and Rubbers Traction System
X de Soras1, P de Mourgues, D Guinard
1Hand Surgery and Burns Unit, CHU de Grenoble, France.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|February 11, 1998
Abstract:
The Pins and Rubbers Traction System (PRTS) is a mobile frame created with wires to support elastic traction, which produces a ligamentotaxis effect in the same direction and of the same intensity whatever the position of the joint. This technique has been used in 11 cases of complex PIP joint fractures with eight excellent results. The advantages are simplicity, adaptability, the possibility of immediate mobilization, reasonable cost and relatively small bulk.