title: [Computer tomography after medullary nailing of the tibia].
abstract: Computer tomographic examination of the tibia was carried out in ten patients two days to four years after removal of an intramedullary nail. Sclerosis of the marrow cavity and cortex and bone formation in the nail track are characteristic findings. They have been correlated with the appearances on conventional x-rays. Changes in the density of the marrow cavity, which is normally increased around the previous nail tract, do not necessarily indicate the presence of infection. In the absence of complications, the increased marrow space density may return to normal negative values corresponding with fat density.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Computertomographie nach Tibiamarknagelung.