Initial results of close intramedullary nailing in tibial fracture with transversal locking
- Author:
Quang Hanh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
tibia fracture
- MeSH:
Tibial Fractures;
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1998;225(9, 10):17-20
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Shaft fractures of the tibia and fibula are trending upwards. Nowadays, close intramedullary nailing technique with transversal locking is a modern method applied successfully in Europe and America for numerous complicated fractures. For that reason, from October 1999, we improved the equipments (operating table, Kuntscher nail) to implement this technique at Saint-Paul Hospital in 42 cases of multiform fractures. The initial results are satisfactory: no infection, no iterative operations by other procedures, hospitalisation time about 5 days, light deambulation after 1-1.5 months in the majority of patients, relative good anatomical recovery, good esthetis result. Acceptable angulation of the fracture in 3 cases was observed.
