title: Isolated tibial shaft fracture.
abstract: A nineteen-year-old otherwise healthy woman is seen in the emergency room after being struck by a car. The patient reports left lower extremity pain and has no other injuries. Exam shows a Tscherne grade I soft tissue injury with otherwise normal motor and sensory exam. There are no signs of compartment syndrome. A closed reduction was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Court-Brown
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarmiento
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*