Likhachev V A, Samokhvalov V V, Kirichenko D A
Vestn Khir Im I I Grek. 1990 Jun;144(6):67-71.
Based on an analysis of treatment of 166 patients with fractures of long tubular bones associated with cranio-cerebral trauma the authors discuss tactics of treatment of injuries of the locomotor apparatus. In patients with critical cranio-cerebral traumas at the early period of trauma disease of the brain fractures should be treated by sparing methods, Ilizarov's apparatus included. The operations on the bones should be performed on indications not earlier than 3-4 weeks after trauma.