Gudushauri Compression-Distraction Device

Gudushauri compression-distraction device

Gudushauri compression-distraction device was created by academician O. N. Gudushauri in the 1960s. This device is designed to treat fractures and bone deformities by gradually restoring their shape and length. It consists of two main parts: compression and distraction mechanisms.

The compression mechanism allows the bone to be compressed, reducing its length and increasing the pressure on it. This allows you to speed up the healing process and prevent the formation of false joints. The distraction mechanism, on the contrary, allows the bone to stretch, increasing its length. This is necessary to restore the correct shape of the bone after a fracture or deformation.

The Gudushauri device is widely used in traumatology and orthopedics for the treatment of various diseases of bones and joints, such as fractures, dislocations, arthrosis, etc. Due to its effectiveness and ease of use, this device has become one of the most common treatment methods in this field of medicine.

**Gudushauri** Alexander Gurgenovich Born 02/03/1951. Pediatric traumatologist-orthopedist, head of the department of traumatology and orthopedics of the pediatric faculty and the Research Institute of Pediatric Surgery of the State Medical Institute. **Degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences**. Scientific activity. In the field of traumatology, orthopedic profile 01/56/09 – pediatric and adolescent traumatology. Specialty: trauma and joint pathology, 64 years old.

The founder of the Ukrainian school of pediatric traumatology, the author of the famous compression-distraction device for the treatment of fractures and bone defects.

In 2007, he opened an experimental laboratory complex for children's osteosynthesis in St. Petersburg. In the same year, together with Professor A. I. Gurgenidze, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Department of Childhood Diseases No. 3 of St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. For scientific achievements in 2017 he was elected president of the Russian Association of Pediatric Surgeons.