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European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology

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Definitive management of significant soft tissue loss associated with open diaphyseal fractures utilising circular external fixation without free tissue transfer, a comprehensive review of the literature and illustrative case

Authors: Matt D. A. Fletcher, Leonid N. Solomin

Published in: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Accepted management of diaphyseal fractures associated with significant tissue loss is rigid intramedullary stabilisation with free or rotational musculocutaneous flap coverage. Circular external fixation is a powerful tool in the management of limb trauma and with recent advances has been developed to provide multiple techniques for which even massive tissue loss can be addressed without the need for free tissue transfer. Gradual and acute shortening, acute fracture deformation and gradual lengthening with restoration of deformity combined with distraction tissue histiogenesis can provide the surgeon with an array of options which can be precisely tailored to the particular personality of a severe open diaphyseal fracture.

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Title: Definitive management of significant soft tissue loss associated with open diaphyseal fractures utilising circular external fixation without free tissue transfer, a comprehensive review of the literature and illustrative case
Authors: Matt D. A. Fletcher
Leonid N. Solomin
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer Paris
Published in: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1633-8065
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1068
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-014-1441-0

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