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  • Title: [Primary conservative treatment of open tibial shaft fractures].
    Author: Kampen H, Vatankhah M, Brockmüller U.
    Journal: Med Klin; 1980 Dec 19; 75(26):921-2. PubMed ID: 7464644.
    Abstract:
    Between 1969 and 1976 104 open tibia shaft fractures were primarily conservatively treated. 85 of these fractures healed without complications. In 19 cases a late operation was necessary. In 3 cases an ostitis developed. The follow-up, after 4 1/2 years on average, of 59 exclusively conservatively treated patients, showed in 51 cases a good result. It appears that the conservative treatment of open tibia shaft fractures still provides a debatable alternative to primary osteosynthesis.
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