External Fixation Devices

Known as: External Fixation Device, Devices, External Fixation, Fixators, External 
External devices which hold wires or pins that are placed through one or both cortices of bone in order to hold the position of a fracture in proper… (More)
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EXTERNAL MANDIBULAR FIXATOR AND/OR DISTRACTOR
Fracture FixationMicrobiologicalOsteogenesis, Distractionexternal fixation
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Stem cells associated with macroporous bioceramics for long bone repair: 6- to 7-year outcome of a pilot clinical study.
Extensive bone loss is still a major problem in orthopedics. A number of different therapeutic approaches have been developed and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Silver coated materials for external fixation devices: in vitro biocompatibility and genotoxicity.
The most significant complication in external fixation is pin tract infection causally related to the highly adaptive ability of… (More)
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Distal femoral fracture fixation utilizing the Less Invasive Stabilization System (L.I.S.S.): the technique and early results.
The treatment of supracondylar femoral fractures in the past three decades has evolved from non-operative to operative treatment… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Two-staged delayed open reduction and internal fixation of severe pilon fractures.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of a two-staged technique for the treatment of C3 pilon fractures. DESIGN Retrospective… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Effect of dynamization on gap healing of diaphyseal fractures under external fixation.
We asked whether dynamization of externally fixed diaphyseal fractures could improve bone healing in comparison to rigid fixation… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Pilon fractures: treatment with combined internal and external fixation.
The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the use of limited internal fixation and the application of a hybrid… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
External fixation of severely comminuted and open tibial pilon fractures.
Twenty patients with severely comminuted fractures about the ankle, either severely comminuted pilon fractures or open pilon… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Bone lengthening in rabbits by callus distraction. The role of periosteum and endosteum.
The histology and mechanics of leg lengthening by callus distraction were studied in 27 growing rabbits. Tibial diaphyses were… (More)
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Stabilization of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine with external skeletal fixation.
For stabilization of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine, an external spinal skeletal fixation (ESSF) system has been developed… (More)
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1984
1984
Comparison of osteotomy healing under external fixation devices with different stiffness characteristics.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the rigidity of external fixation on osteotomy healing based on… (More)
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