Unraveling the mystery of External Fixation in orthopedics

External Fixation is a composite system of extracorporeal fixation adjustment device with bone via percutaneous bone penetration pin, which has been widely used for treatment of fractures, correction of bone and joint deformities and lengthening of limb tissues.

External Fixation therapy is also steadily used in orthopedic surgery for a variety of indications.

The External Fixation is a bone fixation device that applies fixation pins percutaneously around the fracture end and combines the pins together with various forms of connecting rods, which are minimally invasive and adjustable.

Advantages of External Fixation stent

①Less damage to bone blood flow

②Low impact on fracture soft tissue coverage

③Can be used for open fractures

④The fracture can be re-set and fixed

⑤It can be used in case of high risk of infection or existing infection

⑥Bone manipulation and orthopaedics

People for whom External Fixation is suitable

①Open fractures

② Temporary fixation of closed fractures with severe soft tissue damage

③ Damage control for multiple trauma

④Bone and soft tissue defects

⑤As a tool for indirect fracture reduction

⑥Other: orthopedic

Not suitable for people

①Injured limb with extensive skin disease

②Inability to cooperate with postoperative managers due to age and other factors

Case sharing

Mr. Rong, 67, was hospitalized in orthopedic center after he fell at home and suffered comminuted fracture of the right fibula, and on the advice of his doctor, he chose to have an external fracture fixation brace surgery.

 

Preoperative examination

After a period of postoperative recovery, the patient expressed satisfaction with the results of the External Fixation stent surgery

The External Fixation is less invasive and more conducive to postoperative recovery. For patients with open fractures or infections that cannot be fixed internally in the first place, the External Fixation is the best choice and has been widely used in the treatment of fractures, correction of bone and joint deformities and lengthening of limb tissues.

 

Alice

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