Re[4]: [ORT-L] Proximal tibia fracture


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Re[4]: [ORT-L] Proximal tibia fracture

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Aug 9, 2007, 9:07 AM

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Dear Jeff

Thursday, August 9, 2007 12:56:59 AM Jeff wrote:

> I wonder what the mechanism of injury is for a fracture like this?

The patient was a driver in a car. He can't remember details of the
accident because of head injury.

> How was the EUA after fixation of this fracture I wonder?

Very slight hint on posterior drawer. Mediolaterally very stable.

> I have trouble imagining this as the only injury inside that knee.

You are not alone. ;-)
At the opposite side he has avulsion (shear?) of the fibular
stiloid.

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Best regards,
Alexander N. Chelnokov
Ural Scientific Research Institute
of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
7, Bankovsky str. Ekaterinburg 620014 Russia

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