transfixation
[-fiksā′shən]
a surgical procedure in which, in an amputation, the soft tissues are cut through from one side to the other, close to the bone. The muscles are then divided from within outward.
transfixation
the process of transfixing.
transfixation ligature
the suture material is passed through the stump to be ligatured, tied around a half of the stump, then around the entire stump.
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Halsted transfixation ligature. By permission from Slatter D, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, Saunders, 2002
transfixation pin
used in orthopedic surgery in young animals, or where a medullary pin or plates are not applicable. The pin passes completely through the bone and is fixed by attachment to external bar splints. A series of them enable the surgeon to immobilize a number of fragments of a comminuted fracture.
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