Application of hybrid external fixation by the "joystick method" in bicondylar tibial plateau fractures: Technical note

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Kuyucu E., Kara A., Say F., Erdil M. E., Bulbul M., Gulenc B.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.263-267, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
• Basım Tarihi: 2018
• Doi Numarası: 10.5505/tjtes.2017.27848
• Dergi Adı: ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.263-267
• Anahtar Kelimeler: Fracture complication, hybrid external fixation, tibial plateau fracture
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to present clinical outcomes in patients with tibial plateau fractures who were treated with hybrid external fixators and describe the details of our technique. Schanz screws were synchronously applied and used as a joystick for fracture reduction.