Early weight bearing after complete tibial shaft fractures in children

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 341-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Jenkins ◽  
Dina L. Jones ◽  
Anthony A. Billings ◽  
Elizabeth S. Ackerman ◽  
John C. France ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Tibial Shaft ◽  
Early Weight Bearing ◽  
Shaft Fractures ◽  
Fractures In Children ◽  
Tibial Shaft Fractures

scholarly journals External skeletal fixation of the tibial shaft fractures

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasa Milenkovic ◽  
Milorad Mitkovic ◽  
Mile Radenkovic
Keyword(s):  
External Fixation ◽  
External Fixator ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Early Mobilization ◽  
Tibial Shaft ◽  
Closed Fracture ◽  
Early Weight Bearing ◽  
Shaft Fractures ◽  
Pin Tract Infection ◽  
Tibial Shaft Fractures

Aim. To present the possibility of a successful use of external skeletal fixation in treating the open and closed tibial shaft fractures with Mitkovic?s external fixator. Methods. External fixation was used in 115 patients with 118 fresh tibial shaft fractures, 82 males (71.3%) and 33 females (28.7%), average age 43.92 years (16?84). Open tibial shaft fractures were present in 37 (31.36%). All the fractures were treated with Mitkovic?s external fixator type M 20. Results. The results of external fixation were excellent or good in 94.07% of the cases, and bad in 5.08%. Pin tract infection appeared in 7 (5.93%) patients. In only 3 cases an external fixator was removed and treatment continued with the functional braces. Nonunion occurred in 6 (5.08%) patients, of which 4 were with open fractures (2 Gustilo type IIIB, 1 Gustilo type IIIA, 1 Gustilo type II) and 2 with the segment fractures. Compartment syndrome was observed in 1 (0.85%) patient with closed fracture. Malunion was found in 2 (1.69%) patients. Conclusion. External fixation of tibial shaft fractures is a simple and effective method to enable the safe healing of fractures, early mobilization of the patients, early weight-bearing, as well as early rehabilitation. Fixation of tibial shaft fractures was unilateral with convergent pins orientation, and there was also a possibility of compression and distraction.

Early weight bearing in tibial shaft fractures protected with wooden splints

Injury ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 405-414
Author(s):  
D.M. Amerasinghe ◽  
P.G. Veerasingham
Keyword(s):  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Tibial Shaft ◽  
Early Weight Bearing ◽  
Shaft Fractures ◽  
Tibial Shaft Fractures

Tibial Shaft Fractures in Children and Adolescents

JBJS Reviews ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e4-e4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy E. Raducha ◽  
Ishaan Swarup ◽  
Jonathan M. Schachne ◽  
Aristides I. Cruz ◽  
Peter D. Fabricant
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Tibial Shaft ◽  
Shaft Fractures ◽  
Fractures In Children ◽  
Tibial Shaft Fractures

Treatment of Tibial Shaft Fractures in Children Using K-wires Fixation

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 384
Author(s):  
Phil Hyun Chung ◽  
Chung Soo Hwang ◽  
Suk Kang ◽  
Jong Pil Kim ◽  
Ho Jun Cheon
Keyword(s):  
Tibial Shaft ◽  
Shaft Fractures ◽  
Fractures In Children ◽  
K Wires ◽  
Tibial Shaft Fractures
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