title: Intramedullary nail breakage in distal fractures of the tibia.
abstract: Five cases of tibial intramedullary nail breakage are reported, the reasons discussed, and methods of overcoming this problem put forward.
authors.affiliation: Queens Medical Centre University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bradbury
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Radford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*