Painful non-union of the fibula in football player following fracture of the leg

被引:3
作者
Salvi, AE
Metelli, GP
机构
[1] Spedali Civil Brescia, Orthopaed & Traumatol Dept 2, Univ Orthopaed & Traumatol Clin, I-25125 Brescia, Italy
[2] Civil Hosp, Mellino Mellini Hospitalian Firm, Orthopaed & Traumatol Dept, Iseo Bs, Italy
关键词
fibula; tibia; tibia fracture; pseudoarthrosis; non-union;
D O I
10.1007/s00402-005-0806-6
中图分类号
R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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摘要
We report the case of a young football player operated on for a middle shaft fracture of the right leg with a Kuntscher nail. After 8 months, when he started to play football again, he suffered from a painful pseudoarthrosis of the region at the transition from the median to the lower third of the fibula. Because of the severity of the pain, and due to the lack of a well-defined and stated surgical option, a subtraction osteotomy was performed in order to remove the cause of the ache. The patient was revisited 3 and 6 months later, and showed complete disappearance of the pain and a full return to sport activities. In light of the good result obtained, we consider the osteotomy operation a reliable and easy-to-perform method in treating non-unions of the fibula.
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页码:355 / 357
页数:3
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