Open AccessMinimally Invasive Treatment Protocol for Closed Pilon Fractures
Author(s) -
Sherif Mohamed Abdelgaid
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical research on foot and ankle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2329-910X
DOI - 10.4172/2329-910x.1000108
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , pilon fracture , surgery , external fixation , internal fixation , soft tissue injury , bony union , treatment protocol , tibia , rehabilitation , closed fracture , external fixator , physical therapy
doi:10.4172/2329-910X.1000108 Copyright: © 2013 Abdelgaid SM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Introduction: high-energy injuries of distal tibia are usually associated with serious bony and soft tissues complications. Surgical options include biologic or open, internal or external fixation and primary arthrodesis with a lot of available fixation tools with no one treatment method has demonstrated superiority over others. Material & Methods: from January 2007 to December 2010, 72 patients with closed pilon fractures managed by minimally invasive techniques according to a suggested protocol in the Al-Razi orthopedic hospital in Kuwait