ArticleCureus2022
Pathological Distal Tibial and Fibular Fracture in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 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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- Bone Fusion in the Cervical Spine: Where Are We Now?Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A Scoping Review of CERAMENT™ Applications in Orthopedic Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Bone Regeneration: A Review of Current Treatment Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Paediatric distal tibial and fibular fractures are seen quite regularly in orthopaedic trauma practice. Most patients are managed conservatively with closed reduction or casting while only a selected few required surgical treatment. Surgical options include plating, percutaneous Kirschner wires, rigid intramedullary nails, and flexible intramedullary nailing. This is dependent upon the patient's age, fracture site, comminution, and concomitant injuries. Here, we present an interesting case of a patient with an unusual lesion seen at the fracture site. This lesion was curetted out during surgery and filled with an injectable synthetic Cerament bone void filler (Bone Support AB, Lund, Sweden), which later formed into bone and allowed the bone to remodel.
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