Before revision: Approximately 2, 400 years ago, to splint the fracture of a tibia bone, the Greek physician Hippocrates described an external fixation apparatus composed of leather rings connected with four wooden rods from a Cornel tree .
After revision: In Classical Greece, theto splint the fracture of a tibia bone physician Hippocrates described an external fixation apparatus composed of leather rings connected with four wooden rods from a Cornel tree .