Das hintere Tibiakantenfragment als prognostisches Kriterium

✍ Scribed by F. U. Niethard; R. Plaue

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 490 KB
• Volume: 87
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00415209

✦ Synopsis

Ankle fractures with injuries of the distal articular surface of the tibia have particularly unfavourable results. A follow-up of 103 cases shows, that even small marginal fragments of the lip of tibia produce posttraumatic athrosis. Results become statistically worse when the fragment is about 1/5 of the joint surface. Further there is a clear relationship between the number of the single injuries and the incidence of posttraumatic arthrosis. Thus the prognosis of ankle fractures is better described by the genetic classification of Lauge-Hansen than by the classification of Weber,