Displaced Isolated Fractures of the Tibial Shaft Treated with Either a Cast or Intramedullary Nailing. An Outcome Analysis of Matched Pairs of Patients.

L Bone; D Sucato; P Stegemann

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1100902

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Orthopedic Trauma Directions 2010; 8(3): 29-33
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100902

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Displaced Isolated Fractures of the Tibial Shaft Treated with Either a Cast or Intramedullary Nailing. An Outcome Analysis of Matched Pairs of Patients.

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American; 79-A:1336–1341L. Bone, D. Sucato, P. Stegemann et al (1997)

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01 October 2010 (online)

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Ninety-nine patients with displaced, isolated fractures of the tibial shaft were treated with closed reduction and either a cast (n = 52) or intramedullary (IM) nailing (n = 47). Of the patients that returned for long-term follow-up, 25 matched pairs of patients were identified and compared with regard to time to union, function, and return to work. All outcomes studied were significantly better following IM nailing compared with those following management with a cast. Function was better and fewer complications were seen in the IM nailing group compared with those who received casting.