• J Bone Joint Surg Am · Oct 1975

    Intramedullary nailing in the treatment of open fractures of the tibia and fibula.

    • F J Harvey, A H Hodgkinson, and P M Harvey.
    • J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1975 Oct 1;57(7):909-15.

    AbstractIntramedullary nailing of thirty acute displaced open fractures of the tibia and fibula resulted in union with only one superficial infection. The low incidence of sepsis is attributed to the use of the curved malleable Hodgkinson tibial nail which requires no reaming, renders the operation less difficult and traumatic, and interferes minimally with bone vascularity. Fibular nailing was an effective means of stabilizing nine of the twelve fractures close to the ankle joint.

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