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2. External fixation - Wikipedia

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   External fixation is a surgical treatment wherein Kirschner pins and wires are inserted and affixed into bone and then exit the body to be attached to an external apparatus composed of rings and threaded rods — the Ilizarov apparatus, the Taylor Spatial Frame, and the Octopod External Fixator — which immobilises the damaged limb to facilitate healing. [1]

3. Taylor Spatial Frame - Wikipedia

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   Best practice for maintenance of pin sites is unclear and requires more study. [5] Common practice involves the regular cleaning of the pin sites with chlorhexidine gluconate solution (advice varies from every day to every week), regular showering, and dressing of sites that exude liquid with non-woven gauze soaked in chlorhexidine gluconate.

4. Kirschner wire - Wikipedia

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   In such cases, the area around the pin becomes red and swollen and may start to drain pus. Usually this infection clears up after removal of the pin. Breakage: K-wires may bend or break, especially if the fracture does not heal. [2] Loss of fixation: Smooth K-wires may back out of the bone losing the fixation.

5. Ilizarov apparatus - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, the Ilizarov apparatus is a type of external fixation apparatus used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or to reshape the damaged bones of an arm or a leg; used as a limb-sparing technique for treating complex fractures and open bone fractures; and used to treat an infected non-union of bones, which cannot be surgically resolved.

6. Orthopedic cast - Wikipedia

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   The cast restricts ankle movement while allowing knee mobility. In some cases, a toe plate is added to a short leg cast to provide additional protection for toe injuries or fractures. The toe plate is an extension of the cast that covers the toes, shielding them from external forces and reducing the risk of further injury during recovery.

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   "The guy was a big boy, so when he landed on my foot, I knew it was broken," he says. He continued to shoot with his foot broken for the rest of the day, and after a visit to the doctor, he was ...