[Carbon frames. Positioning and reduction aids in tibial intramedullary nailing with unreamed technique]. / Karbonrahmen. Lagerungs- und Repositionshilfe bei der Unterschenkelmarknagelung in unaufgebohrter Technik.

Intramedullary stabilisation of long bones is an established treatment option since Küntscher. Especially for tibial nailing different methods were proposed in the past, were as the use of a fracture table was more or less the standard procedure. Since 4 years now we are nailing tibial fractures without fracture table. We are now using more and more a simple carbon fibre-frame, easily assembled by parts of the AO external fixator. So we can minimize the additional iatrogenic soft tissue damage during surgery and the logistic preoperative set-up in the operation theatre is shorter.