Intramedullary (IM) nailing is the classical treatment for diaphyseal fractures of the tibia. Stabilizing fractures of the distal quarter is recognized as being delicate. We report a continuous, multicenter prospective study of distal tibia-fibula fractures treated with anterograde intramedullary nailing.
Service de chirurgie orthopédique et de traumatologie, hôpital de Hautepierre, hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg cedex, France. matthieu.ehlinger@chru-strasbourg.fr