Open AccessPosterolateral Plating of Distal Tibia Fractures: Extending the Use of a Familiar Approach
Author(s) -
Rishi Malhotra,
Aaron Qi Yang Goh,
Antony Gardner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-021-00403-8
Subject(s) - medicine , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , malunion , radiological weapon , soft tissue , tibia , nonunion , fibula , population , environmental health
Distal tibia fractures present challenges in surgical management and when nailing is not an option, plate osteosynthesis is performed. This is usually done with a minimally invasive approach to reduce the risk of wound complications in an already fragile soft-tissue envelope. We propose that a posterolateral open approach can lead to stable fixation construct and comes with advantages of approaching fibula fractures via same approach and has a thicker soft tissue envelope over the fixation. We report a series of distal tibia fractures with posterolateral plate fixation and present the outcomes.