Introduction: The combination of tibia plateau and shaft fractures, previously reported as type of “bifocal” tibia fracture, is a rare injury.1 The majority of tibia plateau fractures and bifocal tibia fractures occur after high-energy trauma.1,2 The treatment of these injuries varies depending on type, mechanism of injury, and patient characteristics. Case Presentation: We report the case of o...

In a prospective trial, 10 patients underwent inter-fragmentary screws and external fixation for unilateral tibial shaft fractures. Anatomical reduction was achieved in all cases and uncomplicated bone union occurred in nine patients with a mean time to union of 122 (SD 20) days. One patient had delayed union and the fracture malunited. A 20% pin tract sepsis rate was encountered. The high risk...

BACKGROUND Football is officially the most popular sport in the world. In the UK, 10% of the adult population play football at least once a year. Despite this, there are few papers in the literature on tibial diaphyseal fractures in this sporting group. In addition, conflicting views on the nature of this injury exist. The purpose of this paper is to compare our experience of tibial shaft footb...

background femur fracture is one of the most common fractures in children. certain parameters such as the patient’s age, the exact location of fracture, type of fracture, the mechanism of fracture, and the accompanying injuries determine which one of the many treatment techniques be used in each case. objectives we aimed to compare the results of close and open techniques in pediatric femoral s...

Femoral and tibial shaft fractures are common injuries in the United States. Since their introduction, reamed intramedullary nails have become the treatment of choice for most of these fractures. However, delayed union and nonunion can complicate treatment in up to 10% of patients. Removal of interlocking screws, or dynamization, can promote fracture healing in cases of delayed union or nonunio...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of stress fractures with age, sex, sport level, sporting activity, and skeletal site in athletes seen at our sports medicine clinic between September 1991 and May 2001. During these 10 years, 10 726 patients (6415 males, 3861 females) visited our clinic because of sport-related injuries, and 196 patients [125 males (1.9%), 71 females ...

abstract  background: reamed interlocking intramedullary nailing of the tibia is a procedure  for the treatment of a non-infected tibial non::::union::::. the purpose of this clinical  study was to evaluate the outcome of this method as a treatment of tibial non::::union::::.  methods: twenty-nine patients with non::::union:::: after initial therapy for tibial fracture  were retrospectively ass...