A large steel and carbon-fiber apparatus called an external fixator was clamped to my leg.

腿上装了一套巨大的、钢和碳纤维结构的支架，名叫外固定。

Eight large steel pegs called Schanz pins run through the fixator and into the bones above and below my knee.

八个巨大的钢钉，学名叫尚茨钉，穿过固定，分别从膝盖上下打进骨头里。

I revised it to an internal fixator.

将其修订为内固定。

From the 1950s, Russian surgeon Gavril Ilytzarov devised fixators, now known as Ilytzarov apparatuses, frames fixed to limb bones to correct angular deformities, rectify leg length differences and mend bones that fail to heal in a cast.

从20世纪50年代起，俄罗斯外科医生伽夫里尔·伊利扎罗夫设计了一种固定，现在被称为伊利扎罗夫装置，这种装置固定在四肢骨骼上，用于矫正角度畸形、纠正腿长差异以及修复在石膏中无法愈合的骨头。