Severe Injuries to the Limbs : Staged Treatment Modern weapons and high energy accidents inflict devastating damage to soft tissue and bone. The gold standard for stabilizing high energy fractures is immediate external fixation followed by thorough debridement of soft tissues and dead bone and irrigation since these injuries are always grossly contaminated. The next stage of treatment  the coverage of exposed bone by vital soft tissue and definitive skeletal stabilization and reconstruction  can be a complex surgical challenge. The protocol of staged external fixation developed by the authors: primary temporary unilateral tubular stabili This book details the protocol of staged external fixation developed by the authors: primary temporary unilateral tubular stabilization followed by definitive circular Ilizarov (hybrid) fixation. Coverage explains and fully illustrates the rationale and advantages of a logical progression of surgical steps. The book draws from an archive of clinical photographs and X ray documentation that cover all steps in a large variety of complex cases.