Abstract
The tibial pilon fractures (3.77% of the total) include a group of several combinations of fractures of the tibia and fibula located at the level of the ankle junction from which, for study purposes, we separate the properly called malleolar fractures. These fractures can be very serious and very difficult to treat, to the point that some of them can only be reconstructed approximately so as to make the arthrodesis easier at a later date. All of the considerations made with regard to the fractures of the tibial plateau may be valid for the pilon fractures, with the possible aggravating circumstance of an associated fracture of the fibula (20%) at a level that is critical for the inmediate stability of the assembly and for the ankle biomechanics.
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Orozco, R., Sales, J.M., Videla, M. (2000). Segment 43-. In: Atlas of Internal Fixation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05893-0_12
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