Tibial nailing by the aid of a simple carbon-fibre frame

Intramedullary stabilisation of long bones is an established treatment opti on since Kuntscher. Especially for tibial nailing different methodes were p roposed in the past,were as the use of a fracture table was more or less th e standard procedure. Since 4 years now we are nailing tibial fractures whi thout fracture table. We are now using more and more a simple carbon fibre- frame, easily assembled by parts of the AO external fixator. So we can mini mize the additional iatrogenic soft tissue damage during surgery and the lo gistic preoperative set-up in the operation theatre is shorter.