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Experiences with external fixation with emphasis on the complications. 1988

J C Wissing, and C van der Werken

Department of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg.

A series of 157 external skeletal fixations carried out in 135 patients was retrospectively studied with special attention to related complications like incorrect placement of pins, pintrack infections, instability, fistulisation or osteitis. Complications were seen in 31 procedures, eight of these were more or less serious. The results show that external fixation, though indispensable for the treatment of various skeletal affections, is associated with a considerable high risk of complications.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001858	Bone Nails	Rods of bone, metal, or other material used for fixation of the fragments or ends of fractured bones.	Bone Pins,Bone Nail,Bone Pin,Nail, Bone,Nails, Bone,Pin, Bone,Pins, Bone
D005592	Fracture Fixation	The use of metallic devices inserted into or through bone to hold a fracture in a set position and alignment while it heals.	Skeletal Fixation,Fracture Reduction,Fixation, Fracture,Fixation, Skeletal,Fixations, Fracture,Fixations, Skeletal,Fracture Fixations,Fracture Reductions,Reduction, Fracture,Reductions, Fracture,Skeletal Fixations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective