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 . This case involves a 64-year-old diabetic woman who had a left total knee placed in 2001 by an outside surgeon.

Background. Combat is associated with high-energy explosive injuries, often resulting in open tibial fractures complicated by nonunion and infection. We characterize the infections seen in conjunction ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...

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 ...

My wife recently sustained a tibial plateau fracture while skiing. Can you tell us more about these injuries? Tibial plateau fractures are common ski injuries. On a given winter weekend of taking ...

Background Tibia shaft fractures (TSF) are common for men and women and cause substantial morbidity, healthcare use, and costs. The impact of nonunions on healthcare use and costs is poorly described.

A minimally invasive technique using two parallel tension screws was first introduced by Schatzker et al. in 1979. [15] Since then, minimally invasive arthroscopically-assisted procedures have become ...

3 The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to Dr Wouter H Mallee, Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, Department of ...