Approach to Tibial Shaft Nonunions: Diagnosis and Management

EP Wellings, SL Moran, AJ Tande… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The tibia is the most common long bone at risk for nonunion with an annual incidence
ranging from 12% to 19%. This topic continues to be an area of research as management …

Arterial injury portends worse soft tissue outcomes and delayed coverage in open tibial fractures

AS Bi, ND Fisher, R Parola, A Ganta… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To investigate if any injury to the three primary branches of the popliteal artery in
open tibia fractures lead to increased soft-tissue complications, particularly in the area of the …

Factors affecting early antibiotic delivery in open Tibial shaft fractures

W ElNemer, N Hussain, S Al-Ali, H Shu… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The incidence of infection in open tibial shaft injuries varies with the severity of
the injury with rates ranging from roughly 2% for Gustilo-Anderson type I to nearly 43% for …

Conversion of external fixator to intramedullary nail in tibial fractures

EW Bunzel, B Wilkinson, D Rothberg… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: After obtaining IRB approval, tibial fractures (OTA 41A, 42, 43A) that received
provisional ex-fix and were converted to IMN from 2009 to 2019 were retrospectively …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical Venting: A Simple Surgical Adjunct for the Treatment of Long Bone Nonunion

SM Wade, JG Tropf, RM Putko, JCG D'Alleyrand - Cureus, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nonunions are a vexing problem for the orthopedic surgeon. Herein, we describe an adjunct
to the standard exchange nailing procedure adapted from an established limb lengthening …

Confronto tra scores predittivi per pseudoartrosi nelle fratture di tibia: uno studio retrospettivo multicentrico

A MONTANARI - 2020 - tesi.univpm.it
Abstract in italiano INTRODUZIONE: La pseudoartrosi (o non-union) è definibile come la
mancata consolidazione di una frattura scheletrica entro i tempi previsti, per sede e …