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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 65-B, Issue 3, 326-328
Copyright © 1983 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Hindfoot disability after a tibial shaft fracture treated by internal fixation

WF Merriam and KM Porter

One hundred patients who had sustained a fracture of the tibial shaft and had been treated by internal fixation were reviewed to obtain information on residual ankle and subtalar disability. This study reinforces the belief that early mobilisation of patients with tibial shaft fractures does help to preserve subtalar movement.




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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General