Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Medicine - Surgery, Sports Medicine, course: Master In Orthopaedic Surgery (MS-Ortho), language: English, abstract: Fractured phalanges are frequently caused by occupational accidents leading to complications and disability. The complications become much more grave when these fractures become open. Different treatment options have been employed so far to treat such fractures. These range from surgical toileting and Plaster of Paris immobilization, K-wire fixation to modern highly expensive external fixator. Today the modern highly expensive...