The Treatment of Tibial Shaft Fracture with Total Contact Short Leg Cast
10.4055/jkoa.1981.16.3.628
- Author:
Jae Do KANG
;
Chul Un KIM
;
Doo Tae LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Total contact short leg cast
- MeSH:
Accidents, Occupational;
Ankylosis;
Fingers;
Fractures, Closed;
Fractures, Open;
Fungi;
Head;
Heel;
Incidence;
Knee Joint;
Leg;
Methods;
Osteogenesis;
Tibia;
Tibial Fractures;
Weight-Bearing
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1981;16(3):628-634
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The incidence of tibial fracture is increasing due to increasing tendency of traffic and industrial accidents. In general, the tibial fracture is treated with closed method but it is difficult because of its anatomical cbaracteristics. We have been treated tibial fractures with total contact short leg cast which supports the 7 points such as tibial condyle, tuberosity, margo anterior, medial malleolus, fibular head, lateral malleolus and heel rigidly and molding it as trangiular shape like the tibia using both palms and fingers The advantages of this cast sre to prevent rotation, to promote osteogenesis with early weight bearing and to prevent ankylosis of knee joint. In fact, the sverage healing time was 14weeks Rotation, nonunion, angulation ove cast sore, nerve injury were not noticed and the shortening was 4. 1mm in closed fractures, 5. 3mm in open fractures.
