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Sixty-eight closed tibial shaft fractures were treated with an anterior unilateral external fixator over a 5 year period (1986-1991). Pin tract drainage and/or infection was seen in 71/380 pins. The total number of secondary operations, excluding planned pin extraction, during fracture healing was 61 (including 22 due to pin tract problems and 25 secondary corrections of alignment). Delayed union...