Authors
- Afshin Heshmaty, MD
- Amir Reza Sadeghifar, MD ط Sadeghifar, MD
- Alireza Saied, MD
- Alia Ayatollahi Moussavi, MD
- Mohsen Ostovar, MD
- Fatemeh Arabnejhad
Abstract
Background: The aim of the present study was to compare two methods of plating and intramedullary nailing in treatmant of closed noncomminuted tibia fractures with intact fibulae.Methods: Utimately 69 patients were followed for at least one year. The patients were randomly devided into two groups of plating and intramedullary nailing and operated on.Results: One case of non:::union::: and one case of superficial infection occurred in the intramedullary group. One of the patients in the intramedullary group developed late deep infection in the screws location (in both cases p < /em>>.05). In both of the groups the tibia fractures reached :::union::: in about 4 months, though the intramedulary group had underwent more operations for :::union::: achievement (dynamization in 4, 12.1%, p < /em>≥.05). The need for implant removal was not statistically significant in the two groups (p < /em>≥.05). Of the other variables, the diffence between the two groups was statistically significant only with regard to their complaints of the limb and the number of individuals with knee pain (p < /em>
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