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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Introduction—A conservative method of treating four delayed union stress fractures of the anterior mid-tibia is described, with an illustrative case history. Methods—Once diagnosed each of the ...