Titre : | Fibula-Only Fixation for a Very Distal Tibia-Fibula Fracture: A Case Report |
Type de document : | article de périodique |
Auteurs : | Sriram Sankaranarayanan ; Chandrakanth Boddu |
Année de publication : | 2023 |
Langues : | Anglais (eng) |
Descripteurs (mots clés) : | [Thésaurus Mesh]Arthroplastie [Thésaurus Mesh]Fibula [Thésaurus Mesh]Fractures du tibia [Thésaurus Mesh]Fractures fermées [Thésaurus Mesh]Procédures de chirurgie opératoire
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Résumé : | A 70-year-old patient with multiple medical problems presented to us with displaced closed very distal tibia and fibula fractures and a prior total knee replacement on the affected extremity. We treated the patient with an isolated fibula open reduction and internal fixation. At a 1-year follow-up, both the tibial and fibular fractures had healed, and the patient had an excellent outcome. “Fibula-only” fixation of very distal tibia-fibula fractures appears to be a viable option to manage these difficult fractures. The novelty of the case report lies in that this technique has not been described previously in the literature. |
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