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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,280 Views
14 Pages

Single-Stage Externalized Locked Plating for Treatment of Unstable Meta-Diaphyseal Tibial Fractures

  • Biser Makelov,
  • Dominic Mischler,
  • Peter Varga,
  • Theerachai Apivatthakakul,
  • James W. A. Fletcher,
  • Deyan Veselinov,
  • Till Berk,
  • Dimitur Raykov and
  • Boyko Gueorguiev

17 February 2023

(1) Background: Unstable meta-diaphyseal tibial fractures represent a heterogeneous group of injuries. Recently, good clinical results have been reported when applying a technique of externalized locked plating in appropriate cases, highlighting its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,980 Views
9 Pages

10 June 2019

Background and objectives: Pediatric tibial shaft fractures often have satisfactory outcomes after closed reduction and casting. However, surgical treatment may be required in unstable or open fractures. Titanium elastic nails (TENs) are a good optio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,531 Views
12 Pages

Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for Treatment of Pediatric Tibial Fractures: A 20-Year Single Center Experience of 132 Cases

  • Zenon Pogorelić,
  • Viktor Vegan,
  • Miro Jukić,
  • Carlos Martin Llorente Muñoz and
  • Dubravko Furlan

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the outcomes and complications in children treated with elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) for tibial fractures. Methods: The study included 132 patients (92 males) with a median age of 11 yea...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
8,838 Views
10 Pages

Open Tibial Fracture in a Non-Compliant Patient: A Case Report

  • Samuele Pizzolo,
  • Gianluca Testa,
  • Giacomo Papotto,
  • Giuseppe Mobilia,
  • Giovanni Di Stefano,
  • Giuseppe Sessa and
  • Vito Pavone

Open tibial fractures represent the most frequent fractures of long bones, comprising approximately 1.9% of all fractures. Although locked intramedullary nailing is the gold standard for treating closed and unstable tibia diaphyseal fractures, for mo...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
107 Views
8 Pages

18 January 2026

Background and Clinical Significance: With increasing demand for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), the incidence of post-operative instability has also risen. Although fracture of the polyethylene tibial post in posterior-stabilized (PS) prostheses is r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,327 Views
10 Pages

The Valid Diagnostic Parameters in Bilateral CT Scan to Predict Unstable Syndesmotic Injury with Ankle Fracture

  • Si-Wook Lee,
  • Kyung-Jae Lee,
  • Chul Hyun Park,
  • Hyuk-Jun Kwon and
  • Beom-Soo Kim

13 October 2020

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the reasonable parameters to predict unstable syndesmotic injuries in ankle fractures. Seventy consecutive patients who underwent preoperative bilateral computed tomography (CT) scans were enrolled. Group A co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,332 Views
11 Pages

A Multi-Disciplinary MRI Assessment May Optimize the Evaluation of Chondral Lesions in Acute Ankle Fractures: A Prospective Study

  • Ali Darwich,
  • Dominik Nörenberg,
  • Julia Adam,
  • Svetlana Hetjens,
  • Andreas Schilder,
  • Udo Obertacke,
  • Sascha Gravius and
  • Ahmed Jawhar

16 October 2023

Chondral lesions (CL) in the ankle following acute fractures are frequently overlooked immediately after the injury or diagnosed at a later stage, leading to persistent symptoms despite successful surgery. The literature presents a wide range of disc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,112 Views
12 Pages

Impact of Distal Tibiofibular Joint Anatomy on Reduction Outcome in Dynamic Suture Button Stabilization of the Distal Syndesmosis—A CT Analysis

  • Robert Hennings,
  • Carolin Fuchs,
  • Firas Souleiman,
  • Henkelmann Jeanette,
  • Ullrich Joseph Spiegl,
  • Christian Kleber and
  • Annette B. Ahrberg-Spiegl

Introduction: The anatomy of the distal tibiofibular joint (DTFJ) has been demonstrated to influence the radiological outcome of reduction with syndesmotic screw fixation in the course of ankle fracture treatment. The objective of this study was to d...