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By Saša Milenković, Milan Mitković

Abstract External fixation is one of the most commonly used methods for the treatment of open tibial fractures. In everyday practice, for fixation of open tibial fractures we use the external fixator by Mitković. External fixator is unilateral and easy to use. This retrospective study included 59 patients with 59 open tibial fractures, of which...

By Saša Milenković, Milan Mitković

Summary The aim of this study was to present the results of one original method application in internal fixation of long bones. The series of 27 patients with unilateral fractures of femoral shaft was analyzed. According to AO classification, 21 fractures were classified as 32A, five as 32B, and one as 32C type. Original diaphyseal self-dynamisable...

By Milan Mitković, Saša Milenković, Ivan Micić, Predrag Stojiljković, Igor Kostić, Slobodan Milenković, Dražen Jelača, Milorad Mitković

SummaryOpen elbow dislocations with vascular injury are rare injuries and they most commonly occur after a fall from a high or in sports accidents. Close anatomic proximity of the joint to the neurovascular structures put them at risk of concomitant injury. The aim of this paper is to present the method of treatment of this severe injury.Herein we ...

By Predrag Stojiljković, Milan Jovanović, Ivan Golubović, Milan Mitković, Marko Mladenović, Aleksandar Tošić

Summary A war wound to the proximal humerus is characterised by profuse bleeding, multifragmentary fracture-dislocations, defects of the muscle tissue, capsule, skin and by primary contamination with polymorphic bacterial flora, and it is rarely isolated. Out of 27 injured people, subluxation/dislocation of the humeral head occured in the f...

By Predrag Grubor, Milorad Mitković, Milan Grubor, Milan Mitković