A 22-year-old western dance and music teacher with an open fracture of the distal femur, and proximal tibia, a large chunk of patella lost on the street, and a patellar tendon torn and tattered with a grossly contaminated wound filled with debris and paint flakes from his bike. This is the sort of thing that is mainly treated with prayers (classic Bollywood style “dawa nehi dua ki zaroorat”) however the closest 2nd most effective thing is ilizarov. These are versatile ringfixators that take care of such extensive injuries while giving the soft tissue and skin a fighting chance to be repaired and healed.
