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. 2005 May;87(5):692-7.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B5.15982.

Anatomy of pilon fractures of the distal tibia

C J Topliss  1 , M Jackson, R M Atkins
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Anatomy of pilon fractures of the distal tibia

C J Topliss et al. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005 May.

Abstract

In a series of 126 consecutive pilon fractures, we have described anatomically explicable fragments. Fracture lines describing these fragments have revealed ten types of pilon fracture which belong to two families, sagittal and coronal. The type of fracture is dictated by the energy of injury, the direction of the force of injury and the age of the patient.

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