The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 66, Issue 3 360-364, Copyright © 1984 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Fractures of the femoral shaft treated by external fixation with the Wagner device
EJ Dabezies, R D'Ambrosia, H Shoji, R Norris and G Murphy
The Wagner external skeletal-fixation system was used to treat twenty
complex fractures involving the femur, and nineteen of the fractures
healed. Chronic osteomyelitis did not develop in any of the patients.