Intramedullary nailing treats pediatric tibial fractures more effectively than external fixation, a retrospective study shows. Erik N. Kubiak, MD, and colleagues at the New York University Hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently published results showed fibula fixation is not necessary to obtain or maintain alignment in the ...

Background In the last years intramedullary nailing has become the treatment of choice for most displaced diaphyseal tibia fractures. In contrast intramedullary nailing of distal tibia fractures is ...

1 Mid-Western Regional Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick, Republic of Ireland 2 Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick Objectives: To study the long term effect of tibial shaft fractures treated by ...

Tibia fracture can be common and is usually caused by an injury or repetitive strain on the bone. The recovery and healing time for tibia fracture differs and depends on the type and severity of the ...