Intramedullary nailing in the treatment of open fractures of the tibia and fibula
Harvey, F.J.; Hodgkinson, A.H.; Harvey, P.M.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 57(7): 909-915
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355 PMID: 1194302 Document Number: 83729
Intramedullary 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.