The term arthrodiatasis was first coined in 1979 in Verona, Italy. It comes from Greek, meaning “joint-through-to stretch out”, in a few words articulated distraction of the joint. It is a technique exclusively referring to external fixation, which was developed initially for the conservative treatment of the osteoarthritis of the hip, and later successfully used to cure other conditions.
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