One-Year Outcome After Tibial Shaft Fractures: Results of a Prospective Fracture Registry

Abstract

Although the complication rate was low, twelve months after the injury, nearly half the patients still experienced functional limitations related to the fracture, which was also reflected in the quality-of-life parameters. There were difficulties in retrieving data for this registry. We think that periodic, rather than continuous, registration of patient-related outcome after fracture treatment is more beneficial from a clinical and economic point of view.