A device for joining fractured fragments in unstable pelvic injuries
Diatlov, M.M.
Meditsinskaia Tekhnika 2: 47
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8075 PMID: 10335512 Document Number: 503474
In unstable injuries (dislocations and fractures) of the posterior and anterior semirings, clamp-type devices are used for emergency temporal (and prolonged) stabilization of the pelvis. In such pelvic injuries, a device for closing fractured fragments as double clamps that consist of two pairs of stands, fixed with bond beams, and long beams which compress the broken parts of the pelvis. The pairs of pushing screws in the lower part of the stands provides finishing compression. The device is kept assembled in a paraformalin chamber. It is assembled within 10 minutes. The device is superior to the other well-known devices in its functional capacities.