title: Displaced tibial shaft fractures treated with ASIF compression internal fixation.
abstract: Fifty-one tibial shaft fractures treated by ASIF compression osteosynthesis were seen at follow-up at a median time of 46 weeks after injury. Twenty-four were open fractures and the patients received prophylactic antibiotics. The median stay in hospital was 15 days for open fractures and 6 days for closed fractures. There were complications in 26 cases, with deep infection in 9 cases. At present we cannot advocate the use of ASIF compression osteosynthesis for displaced tibial fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gebuhr
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*