This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Rights and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by DeLee, J. C.
Right arrow Articles by Lewis, A. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by DeLee, J. C.
Right arrow Articles by Lewis, A. G.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Facebook   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 63, Issue 9 1390-1395, Copyright © 1981 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

JOURNAL CONTENTS

Partial fibulectomy for ununited fractures of the tibia

JC DeLee, JD Heckman and AG Lewis

Despite the improved rate of union reported with early weight-bearing in tibial shaft fractures, there continues to be a small number of patients with delayed union and non-union who present a dilemma to the surgeons. Partial fibular ostectomy (fibulectomy) is one means of promoting union in ununited fractures of the tibia. Fifty-one patients at our hospital underwent that treatment between December 1, 1971 and June 30, 1979, at twenty to fifty-nine weeks after the date of injury. Following the partial fibulectomy, 77 per cent of the tibial fractures healed. Failure of union after fibulectomy was associated with either failure of the patient to bear weight postoperatively, the presence of a true pseudarthrosis at the fracture site, or previous prolonged treatment of the initial fracture with external fixation. Partial fibulectomy proved to be a relatively effective and simple method for the treatment of ununited fractures of the tibial shaft.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Facebook Facebook   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JBJSHome page
C. E. Johnston II
Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia : Results of Technical Variations in the Charnley-Williams Procedure
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., October 10, 2002; 84(10): 1799 - 1810.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
S. E. EMERY, J. G. HELLER, C. A. PETERSILGE, M. J. BOLESTA, and T. E. WHITESIDES JR.
Tibial Stress Fracture after a Graft Has Been Obtained from the Fibula. A Report of Five Cases
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., August 1, 1996; 78(8): 1248 - 51.
[Full Text]