External fixation of high-energy tibia fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-539

  Myers, Stuart H ^a   Spiegel, David ^a,b   Flynn, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; External fixation; Tibia fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34250840096     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000279033.04892.25     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Dias LS. Fractures of the tibia and fibula. In: Rockwood CA, Wilkins KE, King RE, eds. Fractures in Children. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company; 1984;983-1042.
2. Tolo VT. External skeletal fixation in children's fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 1983;3:435-442.
3. Reff RB. The use of external fixation devices in the management of severe lower-extremity trauma and pelvic injuries in children. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1984;188:21-33.
4. Hope PG, Cole WG. Open fractures of the tibia in children. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1992;74:546-553.
5. Grimard G, Naudie D, Laberge LC, et al. Open fractures of the tibia in children. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1996;332:62-70.
6. Buckley SL, Smith G, Sponseller PD, et al. Open fractures of the tibia in children. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1990;72:1462-1469.
7. Cullen MC, Roy DR, Crawford AH, et al. Open fracture of the tibia in children. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1996;78:1039-1047.
8. Alonso JE, Horowitz M. Use of the AO/ASIF external fixator in children. J Pediatr Orthop. 1987;7:594-600.
9. Kubiak EN, Egol KA, Scher D, et al. Operative treatment of tibial fractures in children: are elastic stable intramedullary nails an improvement over external fixation? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005;87(8):1761-1768.
10. Wessel L, Seyfriedt CS, Hock S, et al. Kindliche Unterschenkel-frakturen: Ist die konservative Therapie zeitgemäβ? [Pediatric tibial fractures: is conservative therapy still currently appropriate?]. Unfallchirurg. 1997;100:8-12.
11. Bennek J, Buhligen U, Rothe K, et al. Fracture treatment in children - data analysis and follow-up results of a prospective study. Injury. 2001;32(suppl 4):SD26-SD29.
12. Bohn WW, Durbin RA. Ipsilateral fractures of the femur and tibia in children and adolescents. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1991;73:429-439.