Malunion of Fractures of the Lower Extremity

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue will highlight a topic that all Orthopaedic Surgeons deal with daily in fracture care. The definition of malunion is an evolving phenomenon. As our populations advance in knowledge and access to health care, their and our expectations of fracture care is changing. One hundred and fifty years ago lower extremity fractures often lead to death, amputation, deformity, disfigurement and the loss of function. With the advent of anesthetic, sterile techniques, antibiotics, imaging, as well as our understanding of bone healing and soft tissue care, we have come to expect fractures to heal, in some cases over 99% of the time. Post traumatic deformity malunion has been described in radiological terms by several authors and has not changed in 30 years. This issue aims to redefine what the expectation of trauma care for simple and complex fractures of the lower extremity should be or can be. In that respect, we are calling for papers that relook at the definition of malunion, and techniques to assess, correct and measure the outcomes.

Dr. Rahul Vaidya
Guest Editor

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