Patients with open tibia shaft fractures were much more likely to develop a nonunion than those with closed fractures. Ten percent (69/721) of patients with a closed fracture developed a nonunion ...

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

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 ...

Background: Footballers constitute a unique group of patients with tibial shaft fractures. They tend to have excellent general health and well developed musculature in the leg, and their fractures are ...

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The coupling struck the firefighter’s lower leg with such force that it caused an open tibia and fibula fracture. Officials confirmed that the firefighter has already undergone one surgery and ...

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, ...

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 ...