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Alternative External Fixation for Open Fractures of the Lower Leg

Vincent H. W. M. Jongen

Abstract

A locally made cheap external skeletal fixator using wood and its use in seven patients with an open fracture of the lower leg together with soft-tissue injury are described. The application of the external fixator in such fractures is a good example of appropriate technology and facilitates the daily hygienic nursing care of wounds.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Open fracture, External fixator, External fixation, Surgery, Soft tissue, Lower limb, Soft tissue injury