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Case Reports
. 2012 May-Jun;51(3):362-4.
doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.10.047. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Irreducible tibial pilon fracture caused by incarceration of the fibula in the tibial medullary canal

Prasad Ellanti  1 , Yassir Hammad, Damir Kosutic, Philip P Grieve
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Irreducible tibial pilon fracture caused by incarceration of the fibula in the tibial medullary canal

Prasad Ellanti et al. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2012 May-Jun.

Abstract

Fractures can be irreducible for several reasons, including soft tissue or bone fragment interposition. We report an unusual fracture configuration of a comminuted tibial pilon fracture in which the distal fibular shaft fragment was occupying the medullary canal of the proximal tibial shaft fragment and inhibiting reduction and fixation. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been previously reported in a published study.

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