Symmetry of the left and right tibial plafond; a comparison of 75 distal tibia pairs.
Joy VerbakelMiriam R BootNynke van der GaastHans DunningMax BakkerRuurd L JaarsmaJob N DoornbergMichael J R EdwardsSebastiaan A W van de GroesErik HermansPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2024)
The tibial plafond exhibits a high degree of bilateral symmetry. Therefore, the mirrored unfractured tibial plafond may be used as a template to optimize preoperative surgical reduction using 3DVP techniques in patients with pilon fractures.