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Suzuki frame

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Suzuki frame

The Suzuki frame is a medical device, used for helping heal broken fingers, especially those with deep, complex intra-articular fractures. Rubber bands are used to generate traction between two metal Kirschner wires that are inserted into the bone on either side of a fracture.

It was named after its inventor, a Japanese Dr. Suzuki who first described it in 1994.

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Suzuki frame Wikipedia