Trauma and orthopedicsSpecial
External fixator
Modular system of bars and percutaneous pins that stabilizes a fracture from outside the body.
How it is used
Temporary or definitive stabilization of complex long-bone and pelvic fractures.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-09-29.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.