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MANIPULATION FRACTURE [3 records]

Record 1 2017-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthopedic Surgery
DEF

Operative manipulation of a fracture requiring a surgical incision and direct fixation of the fragments to regain alignment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
OBS

Réduction : Manœuvre qui amène les fragments déplacés d'un os fracturé dans leur position anatomique normale [...]. Elle peut être sanglante, c'est-à-dire par intervention chirurgicale permettant de voir le foyer de fracture et de le traiter par ostéosynthèse, prothèse, clou, cerclage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

Reduction and manipulation using percutaneously fixated Schanz screws and unreamed intramedullary nailing facilitates fracture reduction, promotes early weight bearing, and decreases complications such as nonunion, malalignment, instability, and fixation failure.

OBS

Alfred Schanz. German orthopaedist (1868-1931)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chiropractic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiropratique

Spanish

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