Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4052818 | Current Orthopaedics | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThe treatment of simultaneous ipsilateral femoral and tibial fractures is a therapeutic challenge, often complicated by concomitant multisystem injury. This combination necessitates vigilance in identifying and promptly treating associated neurovascular compromise. In the context of multiple trauma, a spanning external fixator could be considered to allow restoration of haemodynamic stability and to minimise the immuno-inflammatory response to injury. Definitive reconstruction can be performed at later stage. Intramedullary nailing appears to be the most common method of stabilisation.
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Authors
Byron Chalidis, Saurabh S. Metha, Eleftherios Tsiridis, Peter V. Giannoudis,