SUMMARY Moore type I tibial plateau fracture-dislocations pose a significant challenge to the treating surgeon. The displaced posteromedial fragment is difficult to reduce and adequately stabilize through traditional approaches. The Lobenhoffer approach provides the necessary access to the posterior surface of the proximal tibia but has only been described in the German-language literature. It ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate longterm pain and disability subsequent to a tibial shaft fracture treated conservatively. DESIGN AND SETTING Subjects who had sustained a tibial shaft fracture more than 27 years ago were compared with those who had not. SUBJECTS 572 fracture patients (identified from the records of the plaster room) aged over 16 at the time of injury were contracted and were comp...

OBJECTIVES To analyze calcium deposits by computed tomography (CT) in femoro-tibial compartments and proximal tibio-fibular joints; to assess the relationship with CT-assessed osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS 68 (34 pairs) cadaveric knees (mean age of 84) were scanned at high resolution CT. Menisci and hyaline cartilage calcifications in the femoro-tibial and proximal tibio-fibular joints were an...

The Segond fracture is defined as an avulsion of the proximal anterolateral tibial plateau region originally described by the French surgeon Paul Ferdinand Segond in 1879 [1,2]. This injury is widely accepted as a pathognomonic radiographic marker of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury [1-3]. However, some reports describe this injury in the presence of an intact ACL in skeletally immature ...

This is a case report on a giant cell tumor of the juxta-articular proximal tibia with a pathological fracture. A female patient presented pain and increased local volume after falling from her own height. She underwent clinical examination, radiographic examination and puncture biopsy. A diagnosis of giant cell tumor was made. The patient was then treated with tumor resection and use of an unc...

BACKGROUND Open fractures of tibia have posed great difficulty in managing both the soft tissue and the skeletal components of the injured limb. Gustilo Anderson III B open tibial fractures are more difficult to manage than I, II, and III A fractures. Stable skeletal fixation with immediate soft tissue cover has been the key to the successful outcome in treating open tibial fractures, in partic...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome of the open proximal and distal fractures of tibia treated by Nasser Awais External Fixtator with T-clamp. METHODS The descriptive case series was conducted from August 2009 to July 2012 at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, and comprised in-patients of open proximal and distal fractures...