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Staged External Fixation Protocol in Treatment of Complex Limb Trauma

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Staged protocol of external fixation, based on damage control principles, provides successful fracture healing and good functional results in extensive compound blast injuries of the extremities, even in limbs categorized as high risk.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel

    A. Lerner & S. Kalfa

  2. Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    A. Lerner

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  1. General Director, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel

    Salman Zarka

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel

    Alexander Lerner

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Lerner, A., Kalfa, S. (2017). Staged External Fixation Protocol in Treatment of Complex Limb Trauma. In: Zarka, S., Lerner, A. (eds) Complicated War Trauma and Care of the Wounded . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53339-1_17

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