title: Intramedullary devices for tibial fracture stabilization.
abstract: Reamed tibial nails that allow interlocking have been the most significant recent advance in the management of tibial fractures. Interlocking nails have expanded the indications for intramedullary fixation to include most nonarticular tibial fractures. Regardless of the amount of comminution, tibial fractures extending from just distal to the tibial tuberosity to 5 cm above the ankle joint may now be safely stabilized with interlocking nail devices.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Henley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*