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Fractured tibia

MedGen UID:: 21554
•Concept ID:: C0040185
•: Injury or Poisoning

Synonyms:	Fracture, Tibial; Fractures, Tibial; Tibial Fracture; Tibial Fractures
SNOMED CT:	Fracture of tibia (31978002)

HPO:	HP:0041143

Definition

A partial or complete breakage of the tibia. [from HPO]

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CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVFractured tibia

Phenotypic abnormality
- Abnormality of limbs
  - Abnormality of the lower limb
    - Abnormal lower limb bone morphology
      - Fractured hindlimb bone
        Fractured tibia
        Avulsion fractured tibia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Reamed intramedullary exchange nailing in the operative treatment of aseptic tibial shaft nonunion.

Hierholzer C, Friederichs J, Glowalla C, Woltmann A, Bühren V, von Rüden C
Int Orthop 2017 Aug;41(8):1647-1653. Epub 2016 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s00264-016-3317-x. PMID: 27796484

Antibiotic cement nail for the treatment of posttraumatic intramedullary infections of the tibia: midterm results in 10 cases.

Wasko MK, Borens O
Injury 2013 Aug;44(8):1057-60. Epub 2013 Jun 5 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.05.001. PMID: 23747122

Ambulatory treatment of the fractured tibia.

Dehne E
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1974 Nov-Dec;(105):192-201. PMID: 4430165

Recent systematic reviews

Reamed versus nonreamed intramedullary nailing of lower extremity long bone fractures: a systematic overview and meta-analysis.

Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Tong D, Adili A, Shaughnessy SG
J Orthop Trauma 2000 Jan;14(1):2-9. doi: 10.1097/00005131-200001000-00002. PMID: 10630795

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