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External frame fixation aided stable reduction of pilon fractures

External frame fixation aided stable reduction of pilon fractures

Source: Healio

Fragments of pilon fractures could be adequately reduced without exposing the soft tissues of the ankle to additional trauma when investigators at Ashford and St. Peters NHS Foundation Trust used Ilizarov external frames for indirect reduction, fixation and stabilization of fractures, according to a presentation given here.

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