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  • Title: Open tibial fractures treated by anterior half-pin frame fixation.
    Author: Steinfield PH, Cobelli NJ, Sadler AH, Szporn MN.
    Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1988 Mar; (228):208-14. PubMed ID: 3342569.
    Abstract:
    Forty-two open tibial fractures were treated with anterior half-pin frame fixation, weight bearing as tolerated, and early reconstruction of the soft tissue envelope. Thirty fractures were followed to completion of therapy. The infection rate was 7.1%, nonunion rate, 3.0%, and pin tract infection rate, 0.5%. Problems of malunion (23.3%) and of secondary fractures around lag screws (17.6%) may be reduced by early cancellous bone grafting and limited use of minimal internal fixation.
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