CONSORT flowchart of patient inclusion, randomization, and follow-up.

External Fixation: Still a Viable Treatment Option Worthy of Clinical Trials

/ Editor's Choice, Trauma

Dr. Marc Swiontkowski, JBJS Editor-in-Chief, offers his thoughts on a new randomized controlled trial comparing primary closure and secondary wound healing of pin sites after temporary external fixation. 

External fixation remains a frontline treatment option for severe open fractures in …