title: [The results of the treatment of tibia shaft fractures in relation to the method of intramedullary nailing].
abstract: The paper presents the results of treatment of tibial shaft fracture related to the method of intramedullary union with or without reaming of the marrow cavity. The clinical material was obtained from the traumatic-orthopaedic surgery department and rehabilitation department of the County Hospital in Dabrowa Tarnowska. A group of 128 patients treated with intramedullary blocking stabilization was evaluated. The clinical, radiological and functional indicators were assessed. The results of the study showed that the method of surgical union of tibial shaft fracture with the reaming of the marrow cavity was more favourable with regard to the assessed clinical and radiological parameters, complications concerning synostosis, infections and deviations of the long axis. The functional results were dependent, to a large degree, on the patients' age, and to some degree on the adopted operational technique.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Chirurgii Urazowo Ortopedycznej i Rehabilitacji w Dabrowie Tarnowskiej. wboltuc@poczta.fm
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bołtuć
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Golec
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome