Result of tibiofibular fractures treatment

Abstract

Introduction: Treatment of adult tibiofibular fractures, especially severely comminuted fractures, is technically challenging due to the lack of reduction markers and difÏculty in restoring the alignment. Fixation of the fibula can facilitate reduction of the tibia fracture and restoration of the lower extremity alignment Methods: We have operated on 50 patients who have lie on the same plane of tibiafibular fractures between 2017-2019. Measures of angulation were obtained from radiographs taken immediately after the surgery, a second time 1 months later, and at 3-month follow-up. The analysis was performed with STATA Results: Fixating fractures of tibia and fibula at same level were not shown to have complications on the development of nonunion including fibular shortening, hindfoot alignment, slow process of nonunion and unstableness. Conclusion: We recommend fibular fixation in all 50 distal fractures when both fractures lie on the same plane and the tibial fracture is relatively stabilised.