background the management of distal tibia fractures continues to remain a source of controversy and debate. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the various complications of minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis (mippo) using a locking plate for closed fractures of distal tibia in a retrospective study. patients and methods twenty-five patients with distal tibial frac...

This study aims to investigate the effect of early and delayed injury minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis on the treatment of distal tibial metaphyseal comminuted fracture. This study involved 90 patients with distal tibial metaphyseal comminuted fractures for treatment of minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis between February 2012 and October 2014 in our hospita...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis (MIPPO) of distal femoral fractures in elderly diabetic patients with osteoporotic bone. Thirteen supracondylar or intercondylar femoral fractures were treated by MIPPO with a locked plate without bone grafting. All fractures healed, with only one delayed union in a patient who had deep inf...

BACKGROUND The management of distal tibia fractures continues to remain a source of controversy and debate. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the various complications of minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis (MIPPO) using a locking plate for closed fractures of distal tibia in a retrospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-five patients with distal tibial ...

Introduction: Tibia is one of the most commonly fractured long bone of the body. Distal tibia fractures are primarily located within a square based on the width of the distal tibia. Treatment of distal tibia fracture is challenging because of its unique anatomical characteristics of subcutaneous location with precarious blood supply and proximity to the ankle joint. Minimally invasive plate ost...

OBJECTIVES the purpose of this study was to compare the postoperative radiological and clinical outcomes with minimally invasive percutaneous osteosynthesis using three implants: volar locking plate, intramedullary nail system and nonbridging external fixator for distal radius fractures. METHODS forty-eight patients (A group, 16; B group 16; C group 16) underwent minimally invasive percutaneo...

Distal and tibial pilon fractures often are difficult to treat due to soft-tissue damage from high-energy trauma. Classical surgical treatment may produce additional trauma, eg, periosteal stripping and microcirculatory damage, which frequently induce infection, nonunion, or both. This article presents minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis as a treatment method for these types of fractures. M...