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Universities of Miami and Southern California
Past President of American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons,
University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, Florida, 33101, USA,
Universities of Miami and Southern California, USA
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University of Miami
Miami, Florida, USA
In this chapter we discuss the old traditional practices that governed he care of closed tibial fractures, based on the belief that immobilization of the knee and ankle joints was essential; that unacceptable shortening was present in most instances at the time of the initial insult; that weight bearing had to be curtailed till radiological evidence of healing was demonstrable.