95° CONGRESS OF THE PIEDMONTESE-LIGURIAN-LOMBARD SOCIETY OF ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY (SPLLOT) (La Spezia, September 04-05, 1998) 

Minerva Ortopedica e Traumatologica 2000 February;51(1):35-8

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language: Italian

Surgical treatment of open gunshot fractures. Two case reports

Garbuglia A., Ronzani C., Citterio M., Sallusti M., Bazzoni D., Donzelli T., Bossi C. E.

Preliminary results of the use in open gunshot fractures of external fixator are presented. Based on the encouraging results of two clinical application in multiple severely comminuted gunshot-shelling fractures of the lower limbs, this paper underlines the main role of dynamic stabilization of the fractures site, thus avoiding the disavantages previously experienced with rigid traditional external fixators.