Abstract

• PURPOSE: To compare the clinical results between interlocking IM nailing and LC-DCP fixation in the treatment of distal tibial shaft fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From August 1998 to August 2001, 23 patients were treated by interlocking IM nail and 15 patients were treated by LC-DCP for distal tibial shaft fracture. RESULTS: Accoding to Robinson classification, there were 12 type 1 fractures (52.1%) and 11 type 2a fractures (47.8%) in the interlocking IM nailing group, and 4 type 1 fractures (26.7%), 8 type 2a fractures (53.4%) and 3 type 2c fractures (20.07%) in the LC-DCP fixation group. The average time to bony union was 16 weeks in the patients treated with interlocking IM nail and 12 weeks in the patients treated with LC-DCP. In the functional outcome (according to Klemm and Borner), 18 patients treated (78.2%) with interlocking IM nail showed satisfactory results and 13 patients (86.6%) treated with LC-DCP had satisfactory results. CONCLUSION: We concluded that more satisfactory results could be obtained with LC-DCP fixation compared with interlocking IM nailing in the treatment of the distal tibial fracture.
• Key words: Distal tibial fracture, Interlocking IM nail, LC-DCP

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