Managing tumors of the proximal fibula may require en bloc resection of the fibular head with the attachment site of the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) and biceps femoris tendon. The aim of the present study was to evaluate knee stability and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) functional score of patients with proximal fibula tumors. Twenty-nine patients with proximal fibula tumors wer...

INTRODUCTION Not enough literature is available to evalute the wound complication rate of plates type in distal fibular fractures. AIM The aim of our study was to compare wound complications of using a third tubular plate compared to LCP distal fibula plate. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study is a retrospective single-centre study in which was performed plating of fibula in closed ankle fractu...

Longitudinal deficiency tibia, total or partial Orthopaedic-surgical t reatment cannot be avoided if a child with this condition is to walk. If possible the operat ion is carried out at the suckling age, so that walking can start according to the child's development . If, in the case of longitudinal deficiency tibia total , the femoral condyles and the knee capsule are normal , and if the child...

BACKGROUND The authors report the long-term effect of acquired pseudoarthrosis of the fibula on ankle development in children during skeletal growth, and the results of a long-term follow-up of Langenskiold's supramalleolar synostosis to correct an ankle deformity induced by an acquired fibular segmental defect in children. METHODS Since 1980, 19 children with acquired pseudoarthrosis of the ...

Ninety-seven limbs, in eighty-one patients, with a diagnosis of congenital deficiency of the fibula have been reviewed. A classification was devised to distinguish the minimal hypoplasia of the fibula (Type I) from the well-known complete absence (Type II). Congenital anomalies of the femur were present in 76 per cent of patients with Type I deficiency and in 59 per cent with Type II. The short...