1. Two hundred and fifty cases of fractures of the tibia treated at the orthopedic department of the Catholic Medical College during period of January, 1966 to September, 1971 were subjected to analysis.
2. The evaluation was done according to the classification of Ellis. Among 250 cases of the tibial fractures 120 being mild grade, 63 moderate grade and 67 severe grade.
3. Of 6 groups, 1st group was treated with toe to groin cast, 2nd group was treated with
functional below the knee cast, 3rd group was treated with pin & plaster, 4th group was treated with 1-2 screw fixation & wiring, 5th group was treated with plate fixation and 6th group was treated with intramedullary nailing.
4. The healing time is almost proportional to the severity of the fracture grade and also the better prognosis largely depends on the mild grade.
5. We experienced 9 cases of non-union (3.6%), 19 cases of delayed union (7.6%) in most of moderate and severe grade.
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