Abstract
A series of 23 type III fractures of the tibia in 20 elderly patients (over 60 years of age) presenting for combined plastic and orthopaedic surgical management over a period of 15 years are reviewed. Overall limb salvage was 53 per cent, with an average inpatient duration not significantly different from that for amputation, suggesting that an age of over 60 years is not necessarily a contraindication to attempts at limb salvage in type III injuries.
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