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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

Retrograde Intramedullary Kirschner Wire Fixation as an Alternative for Treating Distal Fibular Shaft Fractures Combined with Distal Tibial Pilon Fractures.

Cheng-Wei Huang, Wen-Tien Wu, Tsai-Chiu Yu, Ing-Ho Chen, Jen-Hung Wang, Kuang-Ting Yeh

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng-Wei HuangDepartment of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.
Wen-Tien WuDepartment of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.
Tsai-Chiu YuDepartment of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.
Ing-Ho ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.
Jen-Hung WangDepartment of Medical Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-8005-9958
Kuang-Ting YehDepartment of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6154-2167
Tzu Chi University · TWHualien Tzu Chi Medical Center · TWTzu Chi Foundation · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment or management techniques for pilon fractures are associated with high complication rates and poor outcomes. No consensus exists regarding the optimal surgical option for pilon fractures, especially for pilon fractures combined with distal fibular fractures. Accordingly, we explored the use of fibular fixation for treating pilon fractures involving distal fibular shaft fractures. We hypothesized that retrograde intramedullary Kirschner wire (K-wire) fixation is a suitable alternative technique for distal fibular fixation. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 156 patients who underwent surgery for pilon fractures at our hospital from May 2013 to May 2021. The radiographic and functional outcomes were comparable between the fibular intramedullary nailing (Group A;

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anterior distal tibial angle (ADTA)distal fibular fracturelateral distal tibial angle (LDTA)pilon fractureretrograde intramedullary pinning

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PMID35887621
PMCPMC9315716
OpenAlexW4285009784

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