Early restorative treatment of victims with closed diaphyseal fractures of the tibia bones

The efficiency of the early rehabilitation treatment system was determined according to its results in 229 patients with closed diaphyseal fractures of the tibia bones who were hospitalized from 1983 to 1985.
The patients were divided into 2 groups. The 1st group included 142 patients treated with the standard methods: 74 - conservatively (by skeletal traction with the subsequent immobilization by hyposis bandage); 25 patients had plunge metal osteosynthesis (by plates, screws); 43 patients after unsuccessful attempt of conservative treatment had transposition osteosynthesis by Ilizarov apparatus at the terms of 3-4 weeks to 2.5-3 months after injury. Early functional treatment of patients in this group was difficult because of the forced position of the patients as well as the plaster casts fixing the adjacent joints.