TUBULAR EXTERNAL FIXATOR COMPONENTS

RODS:

Are cylindircal straight main skeletal parts of tubular external fixators.

Materials may be aluminium, stainless steel and carbon composite.

Carbon rods are light and radioluscend but are some expensive.

Stainless steel rods are heavy but cheap ones.

Aluminium rods are middle weight and the price.

It may be produced different diameters from 4 mm to 16 mm.

CLAMPS:

Are two components.

One of them is to fix the rod and the other is to fix the pins.

Mostly they have 1 pin or multiple pin alternatives. 

PINS:

Are the fixation parts of the system those are applied to the bones.

It may be in different diameteres and lengths.

Pin sizes are according to the bone which is needed to be fixed.

Diameters may be from 1.5 mm to 6.0 mm.

Simply it should be choosen as the 1/4 of the bone diameter to be applied.