TITLE:
Ankle Arthrodesis Nail Combined with Locking Compression Plate to Stabilize Two-Level Pathologic Tibial Fractures
AUTHORS:
G. Ulrich Exner, Gerardo Juan Maquieira, Natasha Forster, Pascal A. Schai
KEYWORDS:
Pathologic Fractures of the Tibia, Plasma cell myeloma, Ankle Arthrodesis Nail, Periprosthetic Tibia Fracture, Intramedullary Nail
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Orthopedics,
Vol.11 No.10,
October
20,
2021
ABSTRACT: Treatment
of fragility fractures of the distal tibia in the elderly is demanding because
of osteopenic bone quality, the delicate soft tissue cuff and frequent critical circulation. We report the
case of two-level tibial pseudarthroses in an 83- year-old woman caused by multiple myeloma successfully stabilized by a long ankle arthrodesis nail combined with locking
compression plate osteosynthesis. This
case is unique, as to our best knowledge, herein diaphyseal fractures were treated for
the first time using a technique reported hitherto primarily for fragility ankle and pilon fractures.