[Experience in the treatment of open splintered diaphyseal fractures of the shin bones with a compression-distraction apparatus].

: The authors present an analysis of the results of treatment for open comminuted fractures of crural bones in 51 patients, using the method of extrafocal osteosynthesis with Ilizarov, Tkachenko, Dem'yanov, Sivash and Gudushauri apparatuses. The data obtained evidence a possbility to apply compression-distraction apparatuses for this category of patients. Principal methodical errors, made while applying these devices, and also postoperative complications are analysed.