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The use of external fixation in the emergency department: applications, common errors, complications and their treatment.
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- External fixation to intramedullary nailing for femoral and tibial fractures: an eleven-year cohort study at a level I trauma center.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
- The role of hinged external fixation in the treatment of knee dislocation, subluxation and fracture-dislocation: A systematic review of indications.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Limitations of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma in Pelvic Trauma: A Retrospective Review of False-Positive Results and Non-Therapeutic Laparotomies.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
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- Case-Based Virtual Reality Simulation for Severe Pelvic Trauma Clinical Skill Training in Medical Students: Design and Pilot Study.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Knee-Spanning External Fixation in the Management of Knee Dislocations and Multiligamentous Knee Injuries: A Narrative Review.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2025Review
- Accuracy of robotic arm-assisted versus computed tomography-based navigation in total hip arthroplasty using the direct anterior approach: a retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Is fracture management merely a physical process? Exploring the psychological effects of internal and external fixation.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Adequacy of in-mission training to treat tibial shaft fractures in mars analogue testing.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- An Easy-To-Use External Fixator for All Hostile Environments, from Space to War Medicine: Is It Meant for Everyone's Hands?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Injury of the Tibial Nutrient Artery Canal during External Fixation for Lower Extremity Fractures: A Computed Tomography Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- CT of Sacral Fractures: Classification Systems and Management.Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, IncArticle
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Abstract
The use of an external fixator (EF) in the emergency department (ED) or the emergency theatre in the ED is reserved for critically ill patients in a life-saving attempt. Hence, usually only fixation/stabilization of the pelvis, tibia, femur and humerus are performed. All other external fixation methods are not indicated in an ED and thus should be performed in the operating room with a sterile environment.Anterior EF is used in unstable pelvic lesions due to anterior-posterior compression, and in stable pelvic fractures in haemodynamically unstable patients.Patients with multiple trauma should be stabilized quickly with EF.The C-clamp has been designed to be used in the ED to stabilize fractures of the sacrum or alterations of the sacroiliac joint in patients with circulatory instability.Choose a modular EF that allows for the free placement of the pins, is radiolucent and is compatible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Planning the type of framework to be used is crucial.Avoid mistakes in the placement of EF. Cite this article:
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