how long should you have a cast for tibia fracture
- Rx: w/ a patella tendon bearing cast. - 100 consecutive fractures managed by reduction and long leg cast immobilization for 2 to 4 weeks, then application of the PTB cast; - all fractures united, with closed fractures uniting in an average of 13.6 weeks and open fractures in an average of 16.7 weeks;ffects of tibial malalignment on the knee and ankle. No arthrosis of the ankle 20 years after malaligned tibial-shaft fracture. Cast brace treatment of proximal tibia fractures. A ten-year follow-up study.