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3451915

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
From June 1984 to December 1985, 32 fractures of the tibia were treated by elastic nailing by the Ender method with functional plaster casts according to the Sarmiento method. They represented 28% of all tibial fractures treated during the same period by the traditional conservative method or by external fixators. Elastic nailing was reserved for unstable fractures produced by high velocity trauma. Union occurred in all cases after an average of 13 weeks. Complications were insignificant: shortening by 1.2 cm (1 case); recurvatum (1 case); varus (1 case); valgus (1 case), both less than 8 degrees, and thus within functionally insignificant limits for axial deviation. In one case, a 15 degree internal rotation deformity was corrected after 5 weeks by osteoclasis and fresh elastic nailing which also healed. The advantages of this type of treatment are rapid union and no pseudarthrosis or infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0390-5489
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
The treatment of tibial fractures by elastic nailing and functional plaster cast.
pubmed:affiliation
Orthopaedic and Traumatology Clinic, University of Parma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article