Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Tibial pilon fractures, despite their infrequency, while accounting for 4-10% of all tibial fractures and less than 1% of all fractures of the lower extremity, still represent a challenge for orthopedic surgeons due to their poor prognosis. We present two case reports of C1-C2 tibial pilon fractures, through which we try to demonstrate that double plate fixation offers a superior stability to the osteosynthesis both in case of articular rim multi-fragmentarity, wherein primary key-fragments can be fixed by anatomically shaped plates, to better restore the articular surface and joint stability, and in the scenario of long spiroid or extended oblique fractures, whereby a buttressing and a supporting plate best domain the vertically directed shear forces that tend to diastase the three pilon columns.
Source: LO SCALPELLO-OTODI Educational
Authors: Mario Paracuollo, Luigi Cioffi, Antonio Allocca
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,140
OpenAlex ID: W4405551664