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Aims To report on the experience of one field hospital in using external fixation as a primary and definitive treatment for open long bone fractures during the Syrian war. Methods A total of 955 patients with open long bone fractures (femur, tibia, humerus) who were operated and followed up at a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, from 2011 to 2016, were retrospectively reviewed. Different types of...