lhead of the tibia the horizontally shaded portion represents the extent to whiclh the upper and posterior portion of the head of the tibia is covered. The dotted line running from the top of the capsule from before backwards (throuah the vertically slhaded portion) shows the extent to wlicih the outer side of the shaft is overlapped. Fig. 3 is from a skiagram taken with the knee in semiflexion...

Intra-medullary (IM) nailing is standard of care for unstable tibial shaft fractures. Malrotation is very common but it is under-recognised, inpart because of variation in normal anatomy and partly due to difficulty in accurately assessing rotation. This study was planned to evaluate the frequency of rotational mal-alignment after reamed tibia IMnailing. This cross-sectional study was conducted...

The diaphyseal tibia fracture is best treated with intramedullary nail but in some cases where the nail is not applicable, plate fixation will be the next option of fixation. The extensile anterior approach is normally used for conventional compression plate fixation in tibia shaft fractures. The extensive surgical dissection may devitalizes the bony fragments and interfere with the fracture un...

PURPOSE When there is a varus deformity in proximal tibia, the extension of a tibial shaft axis tends to pass through the lateral intercondylar eminence. A prospective randomized study was conducted to find out whether the lateral eminence of tibia could serve as a reference point for proximal tibial osteotomy during total knee arthroplasty and results from 6-years follow up period were reporte...

BACKGROUND Tibia shaft fractures are among the most common fractures. However, the incidence of tibia fractures does not increase in the elderly. Osteoporotic bone resorption is possibly compensated for by periosteal apposition, which improves the mechanical properties of the bone. The purpose of this study was to identify a correlation between geometric indices of transverse bone scans and rad...

INTRODUCTION intramedullary nailing is a method of choice in the management of long bone diaphyseal fractures. However, complications necessitating re-operation may arise. This study was aimed at determining the rate and indications for re-operation following intramedullary nailing of tibia shaft fractures. METHODS it was a cross-sectional study done at Orthopaedic Department of Obafemi Awolo...

Introduction: Suprapatellar (SP)-nailing versus infrapatellar (IP)-nailing for distal shaft tibia fractures and post-operative complications like anterior knee pain sequelae such as malalignment, retropatellar chondropathy infection, well physical functioning quality of life were the primary objectives this study.Methods: Department Orthopaedics is conducting a study on topic. Group A (16 cases...