Mean disposition of tibial shaft fractures

Brumback, Joseph E.

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(46)90204-8

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“…Albert (2) reviewed 395 tibial fractures and found an incidence of delayed union or nonunion of 29 per cent. Brumsback (4) reported that 22 per cent of 120 tibial fractures had to be operated on to obtain union. Urist et al (14) estimated that approximately one-third of all tibial fractures will present problems with union.…”

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Treatment of Non-Union after Tibial Shaft Fracture with a Full Cortical Thickness Inlay Bone Graft

Hansson¹,

Jerre²,

Markhede³

et al. 1992

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

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Twenty-seven non-infected delayed union or non-union fractures of the shaft of the tibia in 26 patients were operated on with a full cortical thickness inlay graft taken from the injured leg. The initial trauma was moderate in 9 fractures and severe in 18. Fifteen fractures were closed injuries and 12 open. The fracture pattern was longitudinal in 5 cases, transverse in 11 and communited in 11. Surgery was performed 12 to 72 weeks (mean: 30 weeks) after the fractures had been sustained.All fractures healed after the bone grafting procedure. The time until union was established after surgery ranged from 6 to 37 weeks (mean: 17 weeks). The healing time was neither influenced by the initial type of fracture pattern (p > 0.05) nor by the fracture age at surgery (r = 4.21). Of 13 patients re-examined 8 to 16 years after surgery, the clinical results were classified as excellent in 8, as fair in 2, and as poor in 3 patients.

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