The role of external fixators in paediatric trauma


Published online: Sep 27 2015

Joel A. HUMPHREY, Syed GILLANI, Matthew J. BARRY

From the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

Abstract

We report a retrospective review of all paediatric trauma patients managed with an external fixator admitted to our institution over a 7-year period. We identified 30 fractures in 28 children. The fractures included 20 tibiae, 5 femurs, 2 humerii, 2 radii

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