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This is a 35-year-old male involved in a motorcycle collision. The patient was brought in as a trauma alert where he was noted to have injuries isolated to his right lower extremity, including an open distal tibia fracture, distal fibular fracture, and medial malleolar fracture. Exposed bone and soft tissue including tendonous structures, were noted. His wounds were dressed sterilely and he was given appropriate prophylactic IV antibiotics. A short leg splint was applied.
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Segina, D.N. (2016). Open Tibial Fracture with Immediate Fixation and Early Soft Tissue Coverage. In: Tejwani, N. (eds) Fractures of the Tibia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21774-1_15
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