The Transmandibular Distractor (TMD) is an intraoral expansion device for symphyseal widening by callus distraction. Its advantages include limited surgical exposure, skeletal anchorage, and expansion along the arch segment together with proportional and differential widening in the frontal plane.

BACKGROUND In developing countries, Ilizarov or AO external fixator is usually used for treatment of tibial open fractures. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of these two methods for treatment of tibial open fractures. METHODS From April 2002 to April 2010, 120 patients with open tibial fractures admitted to the Department of Orthopedics of Babol University of Medical Scie...

conclusions although external fixation in open pediatric fractures and severe injuries is recommended, intramedullary nailing is also an effective method with low complications. combining pins and flexible intramedullary nails is effective in developing more stability and is not associated with more complications. background tibial fractures are the third most common pediatric long-bone fractur...

background: the treatment of open tibial fractures is still an orthopaedic challenge and full of complications. in many cases the use of external fixator that has been known as a non-:union: machine is obligatory with a high incidence of pin track infection and other complications. the aim of this study was to compare the use of external fixation as a definite method for treatment of open tibia...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate relative cost of external fixator constructs applied for damage control purposes in a cohort of advanced orthopaedic trainees and orthopaedic staff traumatologists. We also sought to evaluate physicians' understanding of component cost. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants were asked to apply an external fixator for three separate fracture patterns in damage control fas...

UNLABELLED Stabilization of fractures by external fixator is based on the mechanical connecting of the pins, screwed into the proximal and distal bone fragment. Site of fracture is left without any foreign materials, which is essential for prevention of infections. Aim of this work is to compare stability of constructs bone model-external fixators of different types (Ortofix, Mitković, Charnele...

Background: The treatment of open tibial fractures is still an orthopaedic challenge and full of complications. In many cases the use of external fixator that has been known as a non-union machine is obligatory with a high incidence of pin track infection and other complications. The aim of this study was to compare the use of external fixation as a definite method for treatment of open tibial ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of intramedullary (IM) alignment used in combination with an Ilizarov external fixation on the healing index (HI) and lengthening index (LI) in the treatment of congenital leg length discrepancies (LLD). This study included 35patients aged from 3.5 to 19 (average age 10.73) who underwent thl egalisation procedure using an Ilizarov external...