A bone fixation technique using an external fixator (FIXATORS, EXTERNAL) for lengthening limbs, correcting pseudarthroses and other deformities, and assisting the healing of otherwise hopeless traumatic or pathological fractures and infections, such as chronic osteomyelitis. The method was devised by the Russian orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (1921-1992). (From Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1992 Summer;52(1):1)

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D018889 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0028248

Previous indexing

Bone Lengthening (1981-1995); External Fixators (1990-1995); Orthopedic Fixation Devices (1971-1995)

History note

96

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96