An external fixator is a frame made of metal that keeps your bones in place. Pins from the ex fix are inserted through your skin and into your bones to help them heal or grow, and they may be ...

An external pelvic fixator is a surgical procedure that stabilizes a broken hip or pelvic bone. A surgeon will use small screws, pins, and carbon fiber bars to stabilize the fracture.

The Washington Redskins quarterback has had the external fixator, which he had worn since breaking both lower bones of his right leg in November, removed nearly eight months later.

In an interview last month with Fox 5 DC’s Angie Goff, Alex Smith talked about the fixator, saying it was saving his leg, allowing him to heal. He said at the time it would be removed in four to ...

Alex Smith said last month that he expected to be able to stop wearing an external fixator on his right leg in July and the Washington quarterback’s hope has been realized.. Smith had been wearing the ...

The external fixator holds broken bones in place with metal pins or screws attached to a surrounding metal frame. The advance is detailed in Frontiers in Medical Technology.. When soft tissue is ...

External fixation of phalangeal fractures is a viable treatment alternative for hand injuries when other means of osteosynthesis are not effective or appropriate News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Alex Smith had his surgically implanted external fixator removed Monday, eight months after the 35-year-old Washington Redskins quarterback suffered a horrific leg injury against the Houston Texans.

Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith will continue to wear an external fixator to secure the broken bones in his right leg for another month after suffering a serious injury in November.