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An '''external fixator''' is a steel bar that is affixed parallel to a fractured long bone or limp stethoscope.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/stethoscope-external-fixator/ Ortho Stabilizes Stethoscope with External Fixator]</ref>
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An '''external fixator''' is a steel bar that is affixed parallel to a fractured long bone, limp stethoscope, or national monument.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/stethoscope-external-fixator/ Ortho Stabilizes Stethoscope with External Fixator]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/washington-monument/ Secretary Tom Price Places Ex-Fix on Washington Monument]</ref>
  
  
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Revision as of 09:31, 16 February 2017

External Fixator on Stethoscope.jpg

An external fixator is a steel bar that is affixed parallel to a fractured long bone, limp stethoscope, or national monument.[1][2]


Indications for an External Fixator


  1. Certain pediatric fractures
  2. Stabilization of infected nonunions
  3. Stabilization of severe open fractures
  4. Boredom
  5. Stethoscope


References


  1. Ortho Stabilizes Stethoscope with External Fixator
  2. Secretary Tom Price Places Ex-Fix on Washington Monument


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