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External Fixation has developed during recent years to one of the standard methods of fracture treatment. A variety of fixators exists for a wide range of indications (4,5) as open fractures, pseudarthroses and limb lengthening. Numerous investigations (1,2,3) have been done comparing the properties of different types of external fixators among themselves. Although relevant and comparable parameters of clinical or mechanical nature are not trivial to find, stiffness of the fixator frame under different loading conditions has generally been accepted to be an important property. Fracture healing is believed to be accelerated when stiffness is reduced appropriately during the healing process.
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Gasser, B., Wyder, D., Schneider, E. (1987). Comparative Investigation on the Biomechanical Properties of the Circular and Other Three-Dimensional External Fixators. In: Bergmann, G., Kölbel, R., Rohlmann, A. (eds) Biomechanics: Basic and Applied Research. Developments in Biomechanics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3355-2_59
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