TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed Khattab AU - Ali Mahmoud Reda Mansour , AU - Hassan Mostafa Elgamal , AU - Wesam Gamal Abou Senna , TI - Comparative study between ORIF and limited internal fixation with external fixation for closed distal tibial fractures / PY - 2016/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Moahmed Elsayed Ahmed Khattab , KW - Closed distal tibial fractures KW - Internal fixation KW - ORIF N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - The procedure to be performed was randomly determined by closed opaque envelopes. The two groups had the same indications for surgery.In group (II) consisted of twenty patients seventeen were male and three were female. All patients had unilateral procedure.The mean age of patients of this group at time of procedure was 34.7(+/- 6.4) years (range 20-55 years).The mode of trauma was classified as axial loading (15 patients), twisting injury (five patients). The Fracture type according to AO/OTA classification was type (A) (five paient) , type B (five patients), type C (ten patients). While in group (I) consisted of twenty patients. Thirteen cases were males and seven cases were female. The mean age of patients at time of operation was 33.8 (+/- 9.48) years (range 19-55 years). The mode of trauma was classified as axial loading (fifteen patients), twisting injury (five patients). The fracture type according to AO/OTA classification was type (A) (five cases), type B (six patients), type C (nine patients) ER -