This review explores the application of hydrogels in orthopaedic clinical situations which
may benefit from enhanced growth factor delivery and improved osteogenesis of bone graft …

Closed tibial shaft fractures are the most common long-bone fractures, resulting in
approximately 77,000 hospitalizations, 569,000 hospital days (average length of stay, 7.4 …

One hundred and fifty-two patients who had 154 closed fractures of the shaft of the tibia were
prospectively randomized to management with interlocking intramedullary nailing either with …

A study of 24 patients who sustained an extra-articular fracture of the distal third of the tibial
shaft was performed to determine the effect of the type of treatment, open reduction and …

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fracture treatment, written by the world's top orthopaedic surgeons: Rockwood and Green's …

Objective: To determine the incidence and natural history of knee pain following tibial
nailing. Design: A retrospective analysis of patients treated by tibial nailing evaluating a …

A study of ninety-nine patients who had a unilateral, displaced, isolated closed fracture of
the tibial shaft was performed to determine the effect of the type of treatment on the clinical …

Background: Fractures of the shaft of the tibia often heal with some angulation. Although
there is biomechanical evidence that such angulation alters load transmission through the …

Objectives: To establish the incidence and clinical effects of anterior knee pain after
intramedullary nailing of the tibia. Design: A retrospective study. Setting: The Royal Infirmary …

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intramedullary nailing in diaphyseal tibia fractures with
distal intraarticular involvement. Design: Retrospective. Setting: Henry Ford Hospital, a level …