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skeletal fixation [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthopedic Surgery
DEF

Immobilization of the ends of a fractured bone by metal wires or plates applied directly to the bone (internal skeletal fixation) or on the body surface (external skeletal fixation).

OBS

The definition in another source, MBIOL, restricts this term to external fixation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
CONT

Procédés de stabilisation fracturaire: Une ostéosynthèse stable implique que l'orientation des forces soit telle que la fracture soit comprimée de façon presque axiale, sans formation de forces génératrices de moment.

OBS

Cette notion comprend la fixation externe comme moyen d'ostéosynthèse. Voir les sources.

Spanish

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