Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

while non-displaced fractures maintain proper bone alignment despite the break. Comminuted fractures shatter the bone into three or more fragments, creating particular challenges for treatment and ...

Italian Alpine skier Federica Brignone sustained a displaced, comminuted fracture of the tibial plateau and fibular head in ...

External fixators are appropriate in cases of open, comminuted, unstable fractures. Other appropriate settings for external fixation include temporal management of fractures and length ...

The tape splint technique can be used effectively in birds that are too small for internal fixation or external fixator techniques, in minimally displaced or highly comminuted fractures 5 and in ...