[Treatment of tibial shaft fracture by Ender's closed intramedullary nailing]

Chir Narzadow Ruchu Ortop Pol. 1996;61(5):467-72.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Operative technique and results of treatment of tibial shaft fracture using Ender nails in 46 patients are presented. In all cases tibial shaft fracture was concomitant with massive soft tissue injury and in 18 cases the fracture was open. The fracture healed in all cases, bone infection occurred in one patient.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bone Nails*
  • Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / instrumentation
  • Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / methods*
  • Fracture Healing
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Tibial Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibial Fractures / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome