The Suzuki frame is a

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, used for helping heal broken

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s, especially those with deep, complex intra-articular fractures.

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s are used to generate traction between two metal

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s that are inserted into the bone on either side of a fracture. The device was named after its inventor, Yasushi Suzuki, who first described it in 1994.

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