Xray of fracture of tibia and fibula treated by closed Kuntscher nailing of tibia.

Fracture Tibia with Kuntscher Nail
The xray belongs to 43 years old male.
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Xray of fracture of tibia and fibula treated by closed Kuntscher nailing of tibia.

Fracture Tibia with Kuntscher Nail
The xray belongs to 43 years old male.
Clinical photograph of external fixator applied to open fracture tibia.

External Fixator TIbia
Also visible is the stitched incision line for fibular plating.
Comminuted fracture of tibia in distal part following a motor vehicle injury. The xray belongs to 29 years old male .

Comminuted Fracture Distal Tibia
The fracture was open and was treated with external fixator.
Xray of oblique fracture of tibia in 36 years old male.

Oblique Fracture of Lower Third Tibia
The fracture was treated by using interfragmentary screw and broad dynamic compression plating.

Oblique Fracture of Lower Third Tibia
The fracture united well after 8 weeks of treatment.
Fracture of upper third shaft of tibia in a 60 years old lady.
The fracture is comminuted and has a large butterfly fragment.
Xray of knee and upper tibia showing united fracture of Upper tibia.
The xray belongs to 27 years old male who was injured in an accident and had an undisplaced fracture of upper tibia.
The following clinical photograph is taken during the surgery of distal tibial fracture.

Peroperative Clinical Photograph Showing Percutaneus Insertion of Distal Tibial Plate For Distal Tibial Fracture
The plate is inserted through the incision under C-arm control.
Following image is postoperative xray of this patient with segmental open fracture of tibia and fibula. Previous xray does not show segmental configuration and was recognized peroperatively in C-arm image intensifier.
The fracture has been well stabilized by the nail and patient is kept in the followup.
63 years old man met with an accident when his bike collided into another. He suffered an open fracture of tibia and fibula.
Xray of the injured leg is shown be
The patient was treated with cleaning of the wound and fixation with interlocked medullary nail.
Note: Peroperatively the tibia fracture was found to be segmental. Here is postoperative xray
Twenty seven year old girl fell fro stairs and injured her leg. Xray of the leg revealed a comminuted fracture of the the tibia.
The fracture was minimally displaced and was treated with above knee cast.
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