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Unhappy Tibial Nailing

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Description: OTA Mailing List Case Discussion 18 Dec 2003 03:31:56 +0500 From: Alexander Chelnokov Subject: Unhappy (valgus) tibia nailing A female 24 years old, a sister of a friend of mine (not physician) living in Moscow, 3 weeks ago admitted to the hospital in Moscow after a car accident (was a pedestrian) with a tibial shaft fracture. 3 days ago closed locked nailing was performed, see attached films. Now he is in panic because they are going to remove the nail and perform plating.

Type: Case Study
Author/Contact: Alex Chelnokov
Institution: OTA
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Apr 10 2006
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