safer, new surgical approach for tibial plating

ABSTRACT

To avoid wound complications of incisions for tibial plating, a long incision curved lateraly overlying the lateral muscle compartment of the leg, has been used prospectively, in plating of sixty fractures of the tibial shaft. This is a report of the technique and definitely better results of such an approach which can be used in dealing with fresh as well as ununited fractures of the tibial shaft. The excellent results we obtained have permitted us to recommend this type of exposure to avoid the well-known, but not as well documented, complications of more classic ones