title: The results of operative and non-operative management of tibial fractures.
abstract: A series of 160 fractures of the tibia in 155 patients is analysed. Eighty patients were operated on' intramedullary nails were used in 33, AO plates in 29 and screws in 18 cases. In the final evaluation the result was classified as good in 39, fair in 27, and poor in 14 cases in the non-operative group, and 40, 25 and 15 in the operative group. Fracture comminution had a significant effect on foot and ankle motion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology