Method. The only equipment required is a standard operating table with detachable leg
piece, a Watson-Jones frame, and a lithotomy stirrup. The patient is initially positioned …

Medullary nailing of the tibia without exposing the fracture site is a technically possible
procedure. In order to test if it is a superior method to open nailing, a retrospective study of …

Intramedullary nailing was introduced by Künt-scher in 1940 for the treatment of closed trans-
verse or slightly oblique factures involving the midshaft of long bones (9). In 1950, the …

1. Fifty tibial fractures treated by intramedullary nailing during seven years have been
presented. There were twenty-eight closed and twenty-two open fractures. 2. The use of the …

Intramedullary nailing of fractures of the tibial shaft, usually by employment of a rigid nail,
has been shown to be an effective procedure, particularly in simple transverse and oblique …

For a long time intramedullary nailing has been used in the treatment of shaft fractures. In
1950, Kuntscher (1962) introduced reaming of the medullary cavity prior to insertion of the …

The use of intramedullary nails to treat open tibial fractures was popularised in the 1960s
and 1970s following the introduction of the K. untscher^ Herzog nail. Considerable success …

The risk of articular penetration during tibial nailing is well known, but the incidence of
unrecognised damage to joint cartilage has not been described. We have identified this …

An easy method of distal locking in exchange tibial nailing Page 1 CASE REPORT An easy
method of distal locking in exchange tibial nailing S. Mandal *, N. Coleman Department of …

We present the results of using the Grosse-Kempf interlocking nail in the management of
125 closed and type I open tibial fractures. The mean time to union was 16.7 weeks and no …