title: Treatment of unstable fractures of the shaft of the tibia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016267:External Fixators; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000628:therapy*