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Erschienen in: International Orthopaedics 6/2003

01.12.2003 | Original Paper

Early internal fixation and soft tissue cover of severe open tibial pilon fractures

verfasst von: J. Conroy, M. Agarwal, P. V. Giannoudis, S. J. E. Matthews

Erschienen in: International Orthopaedics | Ausgabe 6/2003

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Abstract

We studied 32 consecutive patients with open distal tibial pilon fractures. All patients had radical debridement with immediate skeletal stabilisation and early soft-tissue cover with a vascularized muscle flap. The minimum follow-up was 1 (range 1–8) year. There were four superficial infections, two deep infections and two amputations. There were no long-term problems with union and no patient required an ankle fusion. Patients were assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire. There were significant differences from the US norm in physical function score (p<0.01), role physical score (p<0.05) and physical component score (p<0.01). Physical component score of 38.5 was significantly better (p<0.01) when compared with amputees from severe lower-extremity trauma. Our protocol for management resulted in a good functional outcome with low infection and amputation rates.
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Metadaten
Titel
Early internal fixation and soft tissue cover of severe open tibial pilon fractures
verfasst von
J. Conroy
M. Agarwal
P. V. Giannoudis
S. J. E. Matthews
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2003
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
International Orthopaedics / Ausgabe 6/2003
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-003-0486-1

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