RT Journal
A1 Sarmiento, Augusto
A1 Latta, Loren L.
T1 Randomized Trial of Reamed and Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD May 1
VO 91
IS 5
SP 1274
OP 1274
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
No data were presented on final shortening. Shortening after intramedullary nailing has been reported by a number of investigators. Bone and Johnson reported 10 mm of shortening in 5% of patients1, and Hooper et al. reported shortening in 3.4% of patients2.