External fixators in treatment of war trauma
- VernacularTitle:外固定架在战伤救治中的应用
- Author:
Fan HE
;
Qingshui YIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
External fixator;
War trauma;
Biome chanics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2002;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
External fixators have been widely u sed in treatment of war trauma due to t heir small size,light weight,easy application,and convenience in transport.There are several types of military external fixato r,such as FESSA(Fixateur Externe du Service de Sant?des Arm?es),CMC(Croatian Medical Corps),Synthes and Hoffman-Ⅱ.All of these have been used on the battlefields of Rwandese War,Croatia Wa r and the first Persian Gulf War.Most of military external fixators are unilateral connectable-joint.For temp orary fixation,one bar is enough;by adding another parallel bar,the fixation can be use d for long-time fixing.Facing with a great demand of war trauma treatment ,we should develop new types of military external fixator with more simplicity and less size or weight. [
