A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1). The patient was appropriately resuscitated, given IV ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures is a mainstay of treatment for orthopedic surgeons managing ...

Background In the last years intramedullary nailing has become the treatment of choice for most displaced diaphyseal tibia fractures. In contrast intramedullary nailing of distal tibia fractures is ...

This guideline covers assessing and managing pelvic fractures, open fractures and severe ankle fractures (known as pilon fractures and intra-articular distal tibia fractures) in pre-hospital settings ...

FRACTURES of the tibial spines, like all the less common fractures, receive so little attention in medical literature that even the specialists lose contact with the trends of treatment. It seems ...

A tibial plateau fracture refers to a break or crack in the top of the shin bone at the knee. It involves the cartilage surface of the knee joint. This joint helps support your body weight, and when ...

To improve the construct stability of intramedullary nailed distal tibia fractures, recently, angle-stable interlocking screws encased by a sleeve have been introduced. First using a PEEK ...

Tibial plateau fractures are rare, making up around 1% of all fracture injuries. Tibial plateau fractures usually result from severe trauma. But these fractures can also happen when you have weakened ...