Surgery of tibial pillar fractures

Abstract

Lately there are more and more papers reporting on 1/3 lower leg trauma, the so-called tibial pillar fractures. During many years, it is considered that the most optimal method of treating fractures is conservative surgical treatment now becoming indispensable. However, the surgical treatment of talo-crural joint fractures is so far limited, the complexity of fracture and soft tissue vascularization being especially compromised. That is why, the surgical treatment is done in two steps.