Compound fracture of the ankle treated by locked retrograde transplantar nailing: a case report


Published online: Dec 27 2001

Boute P, Vancabeke M, Putz P.

Service de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Place Van Gehuchten 4, 1020 Bruxelles, Belgique.

Abstract

The authors describe the use of a locked retrograde plantar nailing as primary treatment for a severe trauma of the ankle (trimalleolar fracture associated with posterior dislocation and a compound talus fracture).

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