1.IntroductionExternal fixation can be used to achieve “localized damage control” for fractures with severe soft tissue damage and as definitive treatment for many fractures. Bone infection is a major indication for the use of external fixation. External fixation can also be used for deformity corre
Intramedullary nailing technique for tibial fractures: through a suprapatellar, transarticular approach with the knee flexed at 20-30° and a specific protective tube to protect the intra-articular structures.01.Tibial intramedullary nailing: access and alignment, anterior knee painSurgical access fo
A locking plate is a fracture fixing device with a threaded hole that turns the plate into an angular fixing device (screw) when a screw with a threaded head is screwed into it. Locking (angle-stabilized) plates can have both locking and non-locking holes for different screws to be screwed into (als
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