Background Tibia shaft fractures (TSF ... and high per-patient costs. Open fractures are associated with higher likelihood of nonunion than closed ones. Effective screening of nonunion risk ...

India: A recent randomized comparative pilot study, published online in Apollo Medicine has highlighted the potential of ...

A surgeon may consider amputating a limb that has sustained (1) a high-grade open fracture, (2) severe vascular injury, or (3) significant nerve damage, such as to the posterior tibial nerve in ...

Open reduction and internal fixation with plate and screws ... group of patients would have a more developed leg muscle mass than other patients with tibial shaft fractures, and thus may have a higher ...

there are varying extents of tibia fractures ranging from transverse (the break being a straight horizontal line) to open (the bone sticking out through the skin). Lewis appears to have dodged ...

Conclusions: On the basis of lower in vivo strains and strain rates, treadmill runners are at lower risk of developing tibial stress fractures, but less likely to achieve tibial bone strengthening, ...