Open reduction-internal fixation

Last revised by Henry Knipe ◉ ◈ on 15 Feb 2023

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Hacking C, Knipe H, Haouimi A, et al. Open reduction-internal fixation. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Mar 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-41638

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-41638

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/41638

rID:

41638

Article created:

11 Dec 2015, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Craig Hacking had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

15 Feb 2023, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

8 times, by 5 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Tags:

ortho, orthopedic hardware

Synonyms:

Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF)
ORIF (orthopaedic surgery)

An open reduction-internal fixation, commonly abbreviated to ORIF, refers to the orthopedic operative management of a fracture (or fracture-dislocation complex) where reduction requires surgical (hence open) approach and internal fixation is applied.

Internal fixation may be in the form of: