ReviewInternational orthopaedics2017
History of external fixation for treatment of fractures.
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- The beginnings of internal fixation of fractures in the pre-aseptic period 1797-1870.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Subjective outcomes and complication rates following elective implant removal: a prospective study on patient and surgeon perspectives.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Use of External Fixator Device for Mandible Fracture Related to War Injury: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A Brief Overview of the Evolution of Splints and Casts in Medical History, Specifically Persian Medicine.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Review
- The loneliness of the local orthopaedic surgeon in disaster zones.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Establishing a low-risk zone for a temporary extra-articular calcaneo-tibial pin fixation in an unstable ankle or subtalar joint.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A Biomechanical Study Comparing Different Configurations of the Ilizarov Mini-fixator and Plate Fixation.Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022Article
- The Clinical History and Basic Science Origins of Transcutaneous Osseointegration for Amputees.Advances in orthopedics · 2022Review
- An engineering review of external fixators.Medical engineering & physics · 2021Review
- Finite element analysis of biomechanical effects of residual varus/valgus malunion after femoral fracture on knee joint.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Creating and Implementing a Protocol for the Management of Patients in Skeletal Traction: A Quality Improvement Project.Kansas journal of medicine · 2021Article
- External fixators: looking beyond the hardware maze.Skeletal radiology · 2020Review
- External fixation for primary and definitive management of open long bone fractures: the Syrian war experience.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Standards for external fixation application: national survey under the auspices of the German Trauma Society.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Tobacco and bone fractures: A review of the facts and issues that every orthopaedic surgeon should know.Bone & joint research · 2019Article
- Effects of Taylor Spatial Frame on tumors and tumor-like lesions with pathological fractures of lower extremities.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Surgery in the first half of the nineteenth century was primarily dominated by pain and fear of lethal infections. Therefore, the absolute majority of fractures and dislocations were treated non-operatively. Development of operative treatment of fractures was influenced by three major inventions: anaesthesia (1846), antisepsis (1865) and X-rays (1895). The first to use external fixation is traditionally considered to be Malgaigne (1843). However, his devices cannot be really considered as external fixation. The external fixation device invented by Lambotte in 1902 is generally thought to be the first "real fixator". In America it was Clayton Parkhill, in 1897, with his "bone clamp" who started the process. Both Parkhill and Lambotte observed that metal pins inserted into bone were tolerated extremely well by the body. Mainly on the basis of their research findings, many external fixation devices have been and are being developed.
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