En medicina veterinaria la traccion esquelética intraquirurgica (IST)no se utiliza normalmente para reducir fracturas, a pesarde que en cirurgia ortopedica humana se utiliza ampliamente, habiendo demostrado que se proporciona grandes beneficios
Screw the threaded bar to its bracket, referring to the number indicated. Attention: the thread of the bar marked with the number 0 is left while the thread of the bar marked with the number 1 is right.
The need for techniques for fracture reduction is often felt in veterinary orthopaedics and traumatology (1, 2). Nevertheless, the development of such techniques has not been very intense, particularly when compared with developments in human orthopaedics.