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Psychiatric Evaluation of Patients Using External Fixators

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External fixators (external stabilizing devices) are used in skeletal muscle trauma or for necessary limb reconstruction to fix congenital defects. This technique, also known as the Ilizarov method, has been developed to rehabilitate serious skeletal and soft tissue defects in both children and adults [1].

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  1. Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    İrem Yaluğ Ulubil MD (Prof.)

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  1. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mehmet Çakmak

  2. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    Cengiz Şen

  3. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    Levent Eralp

  4. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    Halil Ibrahim Balci

  5. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    Melih Civan

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Ulubil, İ.Y. (2018). Psychiatric Evaluation of Patients Using External Fixators. In: Çakmak, M., Şen, C., Eralp, L., Balci, H., Civan, M. (eds) Basic Techniques for Extremity Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45675-1_45

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