title: Grosse-Kempf nailing in fractures of the tibia.
abstract: A series of 136 tibial fractures treated with locked Grosse-Kempf nailing is reviewed, evaluating the results according to rapidity of healing, functional recovery, and complications. Locked nailing proved so reliable that immediate mobilization was possible. There was only a 6% incidence of delayed union, including infections (3 cases, 2%) and nail breakage (2 cases, 1.5%). Several details of the operative technique that were decisive in the final result are discussed.
authors.affiliation: I Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moscato
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sabetta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tigani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mignani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Specchia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boriani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016474:Weight-Bearing; D014945:Wound Healing