J Korean Fract Soc.  1998 Jul;11(3):576-584. 10.12671/jksf.1998.11.3.576.

Operative Results in AO Type C3 of Tibial Pilon Fracture: Limited Internal Fixation and Hybrid External Fixation

• Seong BY
• Park DS
• Park SJ
• Kim SW
• Lee TG

• KMID: 1943972
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1998.11.3.576

Abstract

The intraarticular fractures of the distal tibia has been the most difficult problem due to severe comminution of itself, little bone mass and poor circulation of soft tissue. Recently limited internal fixation with hybrid external fixation has been reported to provide a good clinical results for the severely commnuted or open pilon fractures as a AO type C3. From February 1994 to February 1996, the authors analyzed the clincal and radiological results of 2 year follow-up in 7 cases of the AO type C3 pilon fractures who were treated with combination of limited internal fixation and hybrid externalfixation. 6 cases had good or excellent clinical and radiological results without any serious complications such as skin sloughs, skin infection, malunion and nonunion, but one case had a nonunion who were treated with internal fixation and autogenous iliac bone graft. We believe that the combination of limited internal fixation and hybrid external fixation that does not cross the ankle joint, provides the good clinical results in AO type C3 pilon fractures by early ankle joint motion.

Keyword

Tibia; Pilon fracture; Limited internal fixation; Hybrid external fixation

MeSH Terms

Ankle Joint
Follow-Up Studies
Intra-Articular Fractures
Skin
Tibia
Transplants