ArticleIndian journal of orthopaedics
Pediatric Tibial Shaft Fractures.
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Results of Retrograde Titanium Elastic Nails for Fixation of Proximal Third Tibial Shaft Fractures in Children.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oblique Plane Deformity Correction with Ilizarov Fixator in Ipsilateral Proximal Tibia Growth Arrest and Malunited Tibia: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Suprapatellar Tibial Nailing in Skeletally Immature Patients: A Case Series.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Remodeling of Pediatric Tibial Shaft Fractures: What Should We Expect?Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2026Article
- Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Titanium Elastic Intramedullary Nailing in Pediatric Tibial Shaft Fractures.Cureus · 2026Article
- Treatment of Unstable Tibia Shaft Fractures in Children With Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nails or Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis: Comparative Study on 2 Treatment Options.Journal of pediatric orthopedics · 2026Article
- Tibial Overgrowth and Ipsilateral Femoral Overgrowth after the Fracture of Tibial Shaft in Children.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2025Article
- Modified elastic intramedullary nail internal fixation for distal tibial metaphyseal junction fracture.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of Paediatric Trauma During National Lockdown: A Retrospective Study With 12 Months of Follow-Up.Cureus · 2023Article
- Paediatric tibial shaft fractures: an instructional review for the FRCS exam.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- [Intraoperative imaging of children and adolescents, for selected fractures and in follow-up after conservative and operative treatment : Part 2 of the results of a nationwide online survey of the Pediatric Traumatology Section of the German Trauma Society].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Delayed Presentation of Popliteal Artery Injury after Salter-Harris III Proximal Tibia Fracture.Case reports in orthopedics · 2023Article
- Asthma and Its Impact on Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgical Management of Tibial Shaft Fractures.Cureus · 2022Article
- Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for Treatment of Pediatric Tibial Fractures: A 20-Year Single Center Experience of 132 Cases.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Biomechanical Performance of BoneHelixLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Application of unilateral external fixation by the "joystick technique" in the treatment of pediatric tibia shaft fractures: technical note.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Open tibial shaft fracture in a boy with autism spectrum disorder treated using a ring external fixator: A case report.Trauma case reports · 2021Article
- Management of Adolescent Three-Part Lateral Triplane Ankle Fracture with Ipsilateral Shaft of Tibia Fracture and Intact Fibula in COVID Pandemic: A Case Report with Review of Literature.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2021Article
- Pediatric aseptic lower leg fracture nonunion.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021Article
- Leg length discrepancy, overgrowth, and associated risk factors after a pediatric tibial shaft fracture.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2021Article
- Lower Leg Fractures in Children and Adolescents-Comparison of Conservative vs. ECMES Treatment.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Tibial shaft fractures are one of the most common pediatric fractures. They require appropriate diagnosis and treatment to minimize complications and optimize outcomes. Diagnosis is clinical and radiological, which can be difficult in a young child or with minimal clinical findings. In addition to acute fracture, Toddler's and stress fractures are important entities. Child abuse must always be considered in a nonambulatory child presenting with an inconsistent history or suspicious concomitant injuries. Treatment is predominantly nonoperative with closed reduction and casting, requiring close clinical and radiological followup until union. Although there is potential for remodeling, this may not be adequate with more significant deformities, thus requiring remanipulation or rarely, operative intervention. This includes flexible intramedullary nailing, Kirschner wire fixation, external fixation, locked intramedullary nailing, and plating. Complications are uncommon but include deformity, growth arrest, nonunion, and compartment syndrome.
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