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Clinical Trial
. 1996 Jul;78(4):580-3.

Reamed or unreamed nailing for closed tibial fractures. A prospective study in Tscherne C1 fractures

C M Court-Brown  1 , E Will, J Christie, M M McQueen
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  • PMID: 8682824
Clinical Trial

Reamed or unreamed nailing for closed tibial fractures. A prospective study in Tscherne C1 fractures

C M Court-Brown et al. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1996 Jul.

Abstract

We performed a prospective, randomised study on 50 patients with Tscherne C1 tibial diaphyseal fractures comparing treatment with reamed and unreamed intramedullary nails. Our results show that reamed nailing is associated with a significantly lower time to union and a reduced requirement for a further operation. Unreamed nailing should not be used in the treatment of the common Tscherne C1 tibial fracture.

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