title: [Late results following tibial fractures in childhood].
abstract: At the Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Munich, 440 children between 2 months and 16 years old were treated for lower leg fractures between 1976 and 1985. In 93% of the cases, conservative therapy was administered. Between 2 and 12 years later, 110 patients (including all of those in whom the course was complicated) underwent a follow-up examination. Very good and good results were found in 76.4% of cases and satisfactory results in 18.2%. Unsatisfactory findings such as discrepancies in leg length and the consequences of compartment syndrome were found in 5.4%. Our results support the conservative treatment of such fractures; if there are special indications, the course of therapy can be supplemented effectively by osteosynthesis.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Schmittenbecher
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Germann
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Spätergebnisse nach Unterschenkelfrakturen im Kindesalter.