Abstract
The need for external fixation arose from the limitations of available techniques for non-operative immobilization and the poor results of operative techniques. External fixation offers several advantages over other fixation methods but has its complications, the most common being pin site infection. This prospective study investigates the factors affecting the incidence of pin site infection, and in particular the location of the fixator and if corrections were being carried out. Seventy-one percent of the population audited developed infection. Femoral fixators had the highest incidence rate (86.5%), with those femoral fixators undergoing corrections having a 2.5-fold greater incidence than those which were not.
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