The routine employment of intramedullary fixation in fractures of the femur and tibia has led the authors to thoroughly evaluate malunions. With the aid of CT scan, precise multilevel quantification of residual rotational deformity was possible by comparison with the contralateral limb after fracture healing. The results of this study confirm the effectiveness of the method, filling an interpretative gap in the literature.

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