AbstractObjective To investigate the clinical effect of external fixator in the treatment of traumatic orthopedic limb fractures.MethodsFrom May 2014 to December 2016,100 cases of limb fractures patients treated in our hospital were selected as observation subjects and randomly divided into observation group and control group,50 cases in each group.The observation group was treated with external fixator,while the control group was treated with internal fixation.The differences of operation time,intraoperative blood loss，hospitalization time and incision length were compared between two groups.The clinical curative effect of the two groups was observed.The complication occurred between the two groups before and after discharge were recorded.Results The operation time and hospital stay in the observation group were shorter than those in the control group,the blood loss in the observation group was less than that in the control group,and the incision length was smaller than that in the control group(P＜0.05).The fracture healing rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P＜0.05).The incidence of complications in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group,the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion The external fixator is superior to internal fixation in the patients with extremities fractures,which can effectively improve the fracture healing in patients with extremities fractures,which prompts the patients to discharge as soon as possible and is worth popularizing in clinical.
