Open AccessLag Screw Trajectory in Supination-External Rotation Fractures: Does the Direction of the Fibula Lag Screw Have an Effect?
Author(s) -
Amit Singla,
Adam D Sahlstrom,
Steven M. Tommasini,
Brad Yoo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios20304
Subject(s) - fibula , medicine , cadaver , lag screw , anatomy , orthodontics , tibia , internal fixation
The fracture obliquity of supination-external rotation injury of the fibula is often amenable to lag screw insertion. The purpose of the study was to determine whether biomechanical differences exist between lag screws inserted from an anterior to posterior direction and from a posterior to anterior direction and the thickness of the anterior and posterior fibular cortices were correlated with biomechanical testing.