Journal of orthopaedic trauma
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Controlled Clinical Trial
Role of Appositional Screw Fixation in Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis for Distal Tibial Fracture.
To determine the effect of interfragmentary appositional (gap-closing) screw fixation in minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) for distal tibial fractures on the clinical and radiologic results. ⋯ Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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To review a series of patients with complex plafond injuries with a metadiaphyseal dissociation who did not have the fibula fixed and compare with patients who had their fibula fixed using patients without a fibula fracture as a control group. ⋯ Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.