Tibial shaft fractures
Displaced Tibial Shaft Fractures
Acceptable reduction
- varus / valgus < 5o
- anterior / posterior < 5o
- rotation 5o
- shortening 10 mm
Poor remodelling potential
- valgus
- apex posterior angulation / recurvatum
- rotational alignment does not remodel
- shortening / in 2-10 year old average overgrowth is only 5mm