A makeshift miniature fracture-fixation device: the "domino" apparatus
Di Schino, M.; Grimaldi, F.; Lorthioir, J.M.; Allizard, M.; Merrien, Y.
Medecine Tropicale Revue du Corps de Sante Colonial 49(2): 171-174
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-682X PMID: 2796702 Document Number: 344162
The fixation of an external synthetic apparatus on fingers or metacarpals is often relevant to an emergency. In such a condition, particularly overseas, the surgeon does not get all the time and adequate apparatus. So, several expedient measures may be utilized. The authors describe a makeshift apparatus, simple and cheap, giving satisfactory stability when more sophisticated apparatus is not available.