[Ortho] Acetabular fracture

[Alexander Chelnokov]

Dear Yordan.

You wrote 1 декабря 2008 г., 0:12:30:

YA> left ankle. Initially we did a combined lateral and axial traction
YA> to the right leg . The patient is stable now ( 6 day after the

See http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/transverse_frx_of_acetabulum
Lateral traction is rather harmful than useful because pin tract
infection close to further surgical wound increases risk.




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Best regards,
Alexander N. Chelnokov
Ural Scientific Research Institute
of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
7, Bankovsky str. Ekaterinburg 620014 Russia