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Reming process, however, destroys the endosteal blood supply, may impair bony union and provecate infection in open fracture.
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2. In open fractures, unlearned group had shorter union time than reamed group.
3. Unlearned group had less complications such as infection and delayed union, and had more cases of interlocking screw breakage(3 cases) which did not dusturb the bony union.
In conclusion, unlearned tibial nailing was useful method to treat not only open fracture but also closed fracture.
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2. The average operation time was 42 minutes, blood loss within 100ml. The fracture sites were not exposed.
3. Union without complications was achieved in 19 cases(95.0%) in average 12.8 weeks. One case needed a secondary operation later with Ilizarov external flxator due to reduction failure.
4. There was no nonunion or reduction loss after weitht bearing.
5. Complications were reduction failure, supeficial infections, and screw breakages.
In conclusion, interlocking nailing for tibial fractures was gained good results with low complications and early weight bearing, leads to excellent results.
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