Results of bone grafts in the treatment of tibial fractures

Skelley, J.W.; Hardy, A.E.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 158: 108-110

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X
PMID: 7023771
Document Number: 181386
In a retrospective study of 19 patients treated with bone grafts of the tibia, nine had ankle symptoms. Eight of the nine had synostoses between the tibia and fibula. Inasmuch as a synostosis is prone to develop after a posterolateral graft, this procedure should be used only when there is an unsatisfactory skin cover for the anterior surface of the tibia.

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