Abstract
Fifteen-year-old male with an unstable displaced tibial middle/distal shaft fracture treated initially by closed reduction and plaster cast fixation that was converted to TL-Hex circular external fixation due to residual lateral translation and recurvatum.
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Shtarker, H., Samchukov, M. (2014). Adolescent Unstable Tibial Fracture Treated Initially with Closed Reduction and Plaster Cast Immobilization Converted to TL-Hex External Fixation Due to Residual Displacement. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02767-8_68-1
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