The pin-bone interface is the least stable component of the external skeletal fixator. Concerns exist regarding the ability to obtain adequate implant purchase in poor quality bone. Consequently, reduced bone quality has been viewed as a contra-indication for the use of external skeletal fixators. The aim of this study was to investigate the holding power of two different fixator pin designs in...

INTRODUCTION External fixation is the primary choice of temporary fracture stabilisation for specific polytrauma patients. Adequate initial fracture healing requires sufficient stability at the fracture site. The purpose of this study was to compare the rigidity of the Dynafix DFS(®) Standard Fixator (4 joints) with the Orthofix ProCallus Fixator(®) (2 joints), which differ in possibilities for...

We present a case of 16-year-old male with Salter-Harris type II physeal slip the distal femur managed closed reduction and K wire clamp-based external fixator. Knee range motion exercises were initiated after one week. The union was observed at 10 weeks, implant removal done on an outpatient basis. At year follow-up, patient had good clinical radiological outcomes. K-wire-based fixator frame i...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate functional and radiological results following treatment with the single-plane external fixator limb reconstruction system (LRS) for open tibial diaphyseal fractures resulting from high-energy trauma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS From a total of 62 patients who were operated on between 2011 and 2014 for open tibial diaphyseal fractures resulting from high-energy trauma, 50 tibias...

Elbow stiffness is a well-recognized complication following elbow trauma, but little information is available regarding the surgical treatment of elbow stiffness in children and adolescents. This article presents the results of open arthrolysis with twin incisions and a hinged external fixator to treat severe elbow contracture in children and adolescents. Twenty-one patients (mean age, 14.9 yea...

PURPOSE To present a new technique for wrist arthrodesis and review its treatment outcomes in 33 patients with brachial plexus palsy. METHODS 26 men and 7 women (mean age, 26 years) with global brachial plexus palsy underwent wrist arthrodesis using an external fixator and a cannulated screw. All surgeries were performed under local anaesthesia by a single senior surgeon. An external fixator ...