The treatment of segmental tibial fractures: does patient preference differ from surgeon choice?

• Published in: Injury Vol. 48; no. 10; pp. 2306 - 2310
• Main Authors: Little, Z., Smith, T.O., McMahon, S.E., Cooper, C., Trompeter, A., Pearse, M., Britten, S., Rogers, B., Sharma, H., Narayan, B., Costa, M., Beard, D.J., Hing, C.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Choice Behavior; Clinical Decision-Making; External Fixators - statistics & numerical data; Female; Fracture; Fracture Fixation - methods; Fracture Fixation - psychology; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - statistics & numerical data; Fracture Healing - physiology; Health Care Surveys; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Education as Topic; Patient Preference - psychology; Patient Preference - statistics & numerical data; Preference; Segmental; Surgeon; Surgeons; Tibia; Tibial Fractures - psychology; Tibial Fractures - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Trial; Fracture; Trial; Tibia; Segmental; Preference; Surgeon

Segmental tibial fractures are complex injuries with a prolonged recovery time. Current definitive treatment options include intramedullary fixation or a circular external fixator. However, there is uncertainty as to which surgical option is preferable and there are no sufficiently rigorous multi-ce...