This nondisplaced, stable, distal tibial diaphyseal fracture (yellow arrow in images A and B) was treated nonoperatively. Weight bearing was started at 4 weeks and was full at 6 weeks. Union was uneventful (images C and D). A long leg cast was used for 4 weeks followed by a patellar-tendon bearing cast as shown here (image E).
Reproduced with permission from: Petrisor BA, Bhandari M, Schemitsch E. Tibia and fibula fractures. In: Rockwood and Green's Fractures in Adults, 7th ed, Bucholz RW, Heckman JD, Court-Brown CM, Tornetta P (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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