The value of fibular fixation in patients with stabilized distal tibia fractures.
Nicole Maria van VeelenBryan Joost Marinus van de WallNils Jan BleekerIsabelle Ruth BuenterBjörn-Christian LinkReto BabstMatthias KnobeFrank Joseph Paulus BeeresPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2022)
This study was unable to show any benefit from stabilizing concomitant, suprasyndesmotic fibula fractures in surgically treated distal tibia fractures. On the contrary, infection, revision surgery and angular malalignment were more frequent when the fibula was fixed. Therefore, such concomitant fibula fractures should not routinely be fixed and if stabilization is deemed necessary, the implant should be chosen carefully.