[Compound fracture of the ankle treated by locked retrograde transplantar nailing: a case report]

P Boute; M Vancabeke; P Putz

[Compound fracture of the ankle treated by locked retrograde transplantar nailing: a case report]

Acta Orthop Belg. 2001 Dec;67(5):519-22.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Boute¹, M Vancabeke, P Putz

Affiliation

¹ Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Place Van Gehuchten 4, 1020 Bruxelles, Belgique.

PMID: 11822085

Abstract

The authors describe the use of a locked retrograde plantar nailing as primary treatment for a severe trauma of the ankle (trimalleolar fracture associated with posterior dislocation and a compound talus fracture).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Ankle Injuries / surgery*
Bone Nails*
Fracture Fixation / methods*
Fractures, Closed / surgery*
Humans
Joint Dislocations / pathology
Joint Dislocations / surgery
Male
Tarsal Bones / pathology*
Tarsal Bones / surgery*