[Leg fractures: choice of treatment according to type of fracture].

The authors report the experience of the Strasbourg Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (France). They analyse first a series of 104 tibial shaft fractures treated by dynamic casting according to Sarmiento's technique. Their conclusion show off therapeutic indications and contra-indications. Another series of 297 tibial fractures treated by intramedullary locked nailing is presented with an analysis of all the complications and the means of avoiding them. The authors specify also the use of intramedullary nailing in the management of open fractures of the leg. Finally, they point out the indications for the external fixator in Strasbourg.