Tibial Shaft Fractures in Children and Adolescents

JBJS Rev. 2019 Feb;7(2):e4. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.18.00047.

Authors

Jeremy E Raducha¹, Ishaan Swarup², Jonathan M Schachne², Aristides I Cruz Jr³, Peter D Fabricant²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

PMID: 30817691
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.18.00047

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Casts, Surgical / standards
Child
Child, Preschool
Closed Fracture Reduction / methods
Conservative Treatment / methods
External Fixators / standards
Female
Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation
Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / methods
Humans
Male
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Patient Care Management / methods
Radiography / methods*
Tibia / injuries*
Tibia / pathology
Tibial Fractures / complications
Tibial Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
Tibial Fractures / epidemiology
Tibial Fractures / surgery*