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Revision as of 11:59, 24 January 2017
An external fixator is a steel bar that is affixed parallel to a fractured long bone or limp stethoscope.[1]
Indications for an External Fixator
- Certain pediatric fractures
- Stabilization of infected nonunions
- Stabilization of severe open fractures
- Boredom
- Stethoscope
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