The<unk>  is a type of external fixation used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or reshape limb bones; as a limb-sparing technique to treat complex and/or open bone fractures; and in cases of infected nonunions of bones that are not amenable with other techniques. It is named after the orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich<unk>  from the Soviet Union, who pioneered the technique.
Ilizarov apparatus
Bodansky unit
Serdev suture
Denis Browne bar
Evans technique
Bogota bag
Wartenberg wheel
Lamaze technique