External fixation has an extensive history that can be traced back to the days of Hippocrates.1 In those days, external fixation consisted of wooden rods tied around a fractured limb acting as a splint. Despite the advances of technology and metallurgy, modern principles of external fixation are still based largely upon its early predecessors.
CITATION STYLE
DiDomenico, L. A., Ziran, B. H., & Cane, L. Z. (2012). The use of external fixation in the lower extremity. In International Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery (pp. 439–452). Springer-Verlag London Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-609-2_41
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.