| Interlocking Nails in Very Distal Tibial Fractures |
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| Interlocking nails may be used in very distal tibial fractures provided that the distal sement can hold the 2 locking screws | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This patient had in addition a subtrochanteric fracture which was fixed by a Gamma nail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Due to severe osteoporosis, a shatter occured in the proximal segment during insertion of the nail.. However, this did not compromise the fixation |
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| A segmental fracture with a very small distal segment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fixation by Interlocking Nail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||