Dropped hallux after the intramedullary nailing of tibial fractures

From: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Date: May 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

We made a prospective study of 208 patients with tibial fractures treated by reamed intramedullary nailing. Of these, 11 (5.3%) developed dysfunction of the peroneal nerve with no evidence of a compartment syndrome.

The patients with this complication were significantly younger (mean age 25.6 years) and most had closed fractures of the forced-varus type with relatively minor soft-tissue damage. The fibula was intact in three, fractured in the distal or middle third in seven, with only one fracture in the proximal third. Eight of the 11 patients showed a `dropped hallux' syndrome, with ...

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