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Definitive Skeletal Reconstruction: Conversion to the Ilizarov Method

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An acceptable emergency fracture reduction fixation using a unilateral tubular external fixation frame often can be continued until bone healing is completed. However, unilateral external fixation, as a definitive method of skeletal stabilization in patients suffering from high-energy injuries, has been associated with a high rate of nonunion [10, 20, 37].

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Lerner, A., Reis, N.D. (2011). Definitive Skeletal Reconstruction: Conversion to the Ilizarov Method. In: Lerner, A., Soudry, M. (eds) Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16155-1_15

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