A bone fixation technique using an external fixator (FIXATORS, EXTERNAL) for lengthening limbs, correcting pseudarthroses and other deformities, and assisting the healing of otherwise hopeless traumatic or pathological fractures and infections, such as chronic osteomyelitis. The method was devised by the Russian orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (1921-1992). (From Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1992 Summer;52(1):1)

Descriptor ID	D018889
MeSH Number(s)	E04.555.120.380 E04.555.300.380
Concept/Terms	Ilizarov Technique Ilizarov Technique Technique, Ilizarov Ilizarov Method Method, Ilizarov Ilizarov Technic Technic, Ilizarov

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