Vangsness C T, Hunt T J
University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 1993 Winter;52(2):44-5.
While improvements in surgical techniques and recent trends toward early surgery and patient mobilization have led to skeletal traction being utilized more sparingly, it continues to be a basic skill required by the orthopaedic surgeon. The most commonly used anatomical sites for skeletal fixation--distal femur, proximal tibia, distal tibia, calcaneus, and olecranon--are reviewed and illustrated.
