fixator
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- noun
- /ˈfɪkseɪtər/
- Specialized
- Biomechanical stimuli for bone healing are apparent in fracture fixation by brace, cast, external fixator devices, and open reduction internal fixation (ORIF).
- external fixator
- fixator pins
- pelvic fixator
Examples
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Most pediatric orthopaedic surgeons use a stable unilateral external fixator along the lateral aspect of the femur in children.
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From 1996, our hospital started using the Ilizarov ring fixator in children under 15 years of age.
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And the other is that we try this Ilizarov device, which is called the fixator.
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Several types of external fixators can be used (see Figures 5 and 6).
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Even though Saint Luke's was only five blocks away, it was such a painful move with the fixators on my leg and arm.
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Three weeks later, the patient was readmitted; the frame fixator showed two broken Steinmann pins, one of which was loose with a surrounding pin-tract infection.
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The patient strictly refused and demanded instant re-implantation of a prosthesis, as the external fixator would significantly restrict him in his schedule as a businessman.
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When an external fixator is used, pin loosening and pin tract infections are the biggest problems (Schmidt et al., 2003).
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A ten-year-old female child was treated for infected non-union of the tibia with application of the Ilizarov fixator after debridement, and compression was applied at the fracture site for monofocal osteosynthesis.
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The surgeon applied a fixator to keep the fractured bone in place during the healing process.
Synonyms
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4.1
A device or material that keeps something steady, for example a tripod
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A device that holds or locks something closed
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4.6
A support such as a splint that keeps an injured limb still to help it heal
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A part used to hold something in place
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A person or tool that fastens something to another thing
A moving part that connects to another part to make a machine work
Antonyms
How Stable
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Morphology
Etymology
Fixator comes from an old Latin word fixare meaning 'to fasten' and the ending -ator that makes it 'a thing that does' the action. So, a fixator is literally something that fastens or holds parts firmly in place, which is why the word names devices used to keep bones or machine parts steady.