Surgical procedure used to treat a complicated fracture using application of metal pins that are inserted in the bone on either side of the fracture and connected to a metal frame to immobilize a fracture or lengthen a congenitally short leg.
The use of external devices, such as pins, in fractured devices, such as pins, in fractured bone segments to keep them in place.
This procedure involves the insertion of pins through the skin to secure the pieces of a fractured bone. The pins are kept stable by an outer metal frame. Typically, the impacted limb can be utilized within a few days; the frame and pins are removed under anesthesia once the bone has fully healed.