page_title: Internal fixation
section_title: Closed Reduction Internal Fixation
hierarchical_section_title: Internal fixation / Closed Reduction Internal Fixation
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Titanium plaatje en schroeven gebruikt voor fixatie bij een polsbreuk. De lengtemaat is in cm English: Medical screws used for fixation after a fracture of the wrist. The scale is in centimeters.
context_page_description: Internal fixation is an operation in orthopedics that involves the surgical implementation of implants for the purpose of repairing a bone, a concept that dates to the mid-nineteenth century and was made applicable for routine treatment in the mid-twentieth century. An internal fixator may be made of stainless steel, titanium alloy, or cobalt-chrome alloy.
  Types of internal fixators include:
  Plate and screws
  Kirschner wires
  Intramedullary nails
context_section_description: Closed Reduction Internal Fixation (CRIF) is reduction without any open surgery, followed by internal fixation. It appears to be an acceptable alternative in unstable distressed lateral condylar fractures of the humerus in children, but if fracture displacement after closed reduction exceeds 2 mm, open reduction and internal fixation is recommended. 
  Various techniques of minimally invasive surgery for internal fixation of bones have been reported. The treatment of fractures of the distal third of the tibia has evolved with the development of improved imaging and surgical techniques.
caption: Implant that has been used for fixation of a broken wrist
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