Abstract
Seventeen cases of distal fracture of the tibia were treated by intramedullary nailing between April 2005 and March 2008. The patients comprised 4 women and 13 men, with a mean age of 46 years.
All the fractures were united, and the clinical results were satisfactory.
Intramedullary nailing for distal fracture of the tibia is useful because it is less invasive to soft tissues and the blood supply of the bone. However, this treatment is not necessarily indicated for all fractures.
