Fracture obliquity angle and distance from plafond: novel radiographic predictors of posterior malleolar involvement in tibial shaft fractures.

Nina D FisherAndrew S BiRown ParolaAbhishek GantaSanjit R KondaKenneth A Egol

Published in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2022)

Spiral fractures (simple, wedge or complex), fracture angles greater than 45° and extension into the distal 1/3 of the tibial shaft are independent predictors of PM fractures in TSFs regardless of mechanism of injury.

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