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The on site and medical aid post management is described in Chap. 3.6 and the primary hospital management of wounds of the limbs in Chap. 3.11. This chapter is devoted to methods of skeletal stabilisation, the treatment of bone stock loss, post-traumatic bone infection and joint injuries in the field or base hospital.
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Uhthoff H (Ed) (1982) Current concepts of external fixation of fractures. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
Hierholzer G, Ruedi T, Allgower M, Schatzker J (1985) Manual of the AO/ASIF tubular external fixator. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Reis, N.D., Zinman, C. (1989). Injuries to the Bones and Joints. In: Reis, N.D., Dolev, E. (eds) Manual of Disaster Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83440-0_34
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