INTRODUCTION Management of the large gap in long bone fractures is a challenging problem after compound injuries. A novel technique called as Masquelet's technique of "induced membrane formation", is used to bridge a gap of more than 5 cm using bone cement as a spacer in first stage and autologous cancellous bone graft to fill the gap in second stage. CASE PRESENTATION We present two differen...

The purpose of this paper is to describe experience with four children who presented with bowing or pseudarthrosis of the fibula. These children demonstrate a gradation in the severity and significance of this condition. There may be : 1) fibular bowing without fibular pseudarthrosis (Case 1); 2) fibular pseudarthrosis without ankle deformity (Case 2); 3) fibular pseudarthrosis with ankle defor...

Abstract Background To compare the efficacy of three different fixation methods fibula combined with external tibia for treatment extra-articular open fractures distal and fibula. Methods From January 2017 to July 2019, 91 cases were treated fixator, was fixed non-fixation (group A, n = 35), plate-screw B, 30) Kirschner wire C, 26). The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, surgical implan...

Ankle fractures are a significant part of the lower extremity trauma seen in the emergency department. Neurologic complications of ankle fracture surgery are infrequently described but account for significant morbidity. The risk of nerve injury is increased for the Blair and Botte type B pattern of the intermediate cutaneous dorsal nerve branch, crossing the distal fibula from posterior to ante...

Fractures in children are common, but the plasticity of children's bones means that they may be incomplete. If a child has deformity, swelling or bony point tenderness in a limb after a fall, it is likely to be fractured. A fractured limb that appears deformed will most probably need to be reduced. Effective splinting, using whatever means is readily available, and early, adequate analgesia, ca...

A 3 year old girl diagnosed with pathological fracture of the lower end of right tibia due to Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (histopathological and radiological diagnosis) who underwent curettage of the lytic lesion and filling of the defect with fibula strut graft and synthetic bone substitute, presented to us three months after the procedure due to recurrence of pain and limp. X-ray shows recurrence of...

Materials and methods The reconstructed site was the humerus in 15 cases, the radius, the ulna or the wrist joint in 22 cases, carpal or metacarpal bone in 52. The etiologies consisted of three traumatic bone defects, 13 traumatic nonunions of long bone, two osteonecroses of the humeral head, eight osteomyelitis, nine case after resections of bone tumor, two congenital pseudoarthroses of the ul...

Proximal tibio-fibular joint is routinely stabilised during leg lengthening, peri-articular fractures and deformity corrections of tibia. Potential injury to the common peroneal nerve at the level of the fibula head/neck junction during wire insertion is a recognised complication. Previous studies have mapped the course of the common peroneal nerve and its branches at the level of the fibular h...

BACKGROUND To identify the fracture configuration and treatment results for patients with triplane and Tillaux fractures in the ankle joint. METHODS A retrospective study was performed on 14 patients with a more than one year follow-up. This study investigated the fracture configuration, concomitant fibula fracture, treatment methods and complications. The treatment outcomes were analyzed usi...