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Descriptor English: External Fixators
Descriptor Spanish: Fijadores Externos
Descriptor fijadores externos
Entry term(s) dispositivos de fijación externa
Scope note: Dispositivos externos con alambres o clavos que se colocan a través de una o de ambas corticales de los huesos con el fin de mantener la posición de una fractura en la alineación apropiada. Estos dispositivos permiten el rápido acceso a las heridas, ajustes durante el curso de la consolidación, y un uso más funcional de las extremidades afectadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fixadores Externos
Descriptor French: Fixateurs externes
Entry term(s): Device, External Fixation
Devices, External Fixation
External Fixation Device
External Fixation Devices
External Fixator
Fixation Device, External
Fixation Devices, External
Fixator, External
Fixators, External
Tree number(s): E07.858.442.660.430
E07.858.690.725.430
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016267
Scope note: External devices which hold wires or pins that are placed through one or both cortices of bone in order to hold the position of a fracture in proper alignment. These devices allow easy access to wounds, adjustment during the course of healing, and more functional use of the limbs involved.
Annotation: for fracture fixation
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Fracture Fixation (1979-1990)
Orthopedic Fixation Devices (1979-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Related: Osteogenesis, Distraction MeSH
DeCS ID: 28930
Unique ID: D016267
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/05/25
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
External Fixators - Preferred
Concept UI M0024861
Scope note External devices which hold wires or pins that are placed through one or both cortices of bone in order to hold the position of a fracture in proper alignment. These devices allow easy access to wounds, adjustment during the course of healing, and more functional use of the limbs involved.
Preferred term External Fixators
Entry term(s) Device, External Fixation
Devices, External Fixation
External Fixation Device
External Fixation Devices
External Fixator
Fixation Device, External
Fixation Devices, External
Fixator, External
Fixators, External



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