External fixation-minimal osteosynthesis: indications, role, and place in war surgery.

This investigation is based on results obtained by means of debridement, drainage, and application of external fixation of war wounds and injuries to the extremities. Injuries were classified by the extent of soft-tissue and bone damage according to the classification scheme of Gustilo et al. (1984).

[Treatment of war injuries of the trochanter area by external fixation].

In a specific series war injuries in the trochanteric region were characterized; a limited methodological approach magnified the problem. Our experience and the treatment results (debridement, drainage and external fixation) are presented. The methodology, complications and final results are also given for 15 patients.