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Xrays of Knee Dislocation With Ipsilateral Tibia Fracture

July 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This xray is one of the injuries that a 25 years old young male had. He was received a s a case of polytrauma following motor vehicle accident and had traumatic brain injury, chest injury, pelvis fracture that led to visceral injury, fracture of left tibia and knee dislocation as shown. Distal pulses on the affected limb were absent.

The xray in the picture shows a knee dislocation and long fracture of tibia.

Anteroposterior view of knee with leg showing fracture tibia and knee dislocation

AP view of knee showing fracture tibia with overlapped tibial plateau by femoral condyles suggestive of dislocation of knee

Lateral view confirms knee dislocation. [Read more...]

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Clinical Photograph of Infected Exposed Plate In Tibia

January 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

43 years old mason met with an accident and had left tibial fracture lower end. Patient was treated with plating in the tibia.

7 months after the surgery, the patient presented with history of discharge and on removal of the dressing this was visible. Xrays are here

Exposed plate in tibia

Tibial Plate Is Exposed - Also Visible Is Slight Discharge Trickling Down

Note the exposed plate through the sloughed tissue over the plate.

Xrays were done and bone was found to be united.

Patient was put on antibiotic therapy and was advised plate removal.

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United Fracture Tibia and Fibula Shaft – Anteroposterior and Lateral Xrays

November 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The following xray is follow up of a mid shaft fracture of tibia and fibula which was managed conservatively in a plaster cast.

The fracture has united in satisfactory position and the patient is doing well.

Arrows have been put in the area where fracture was

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Fracture Shaft Of Tibia With Plaster Of Paris Cast

September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The xray is of 36 years old female with tibia fracture being managed with conservative treatment by plaster of Paris cast.

The fracture united successfully and patient had almost complete range of motion after 3 months of physiotherapy.

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Spiral Fracture of Lower Third Tibia – Xray Before And After Surgery

June 24, 2010 By 1 Comment

A 33 years old male suffered trauma when he fell from motorbike. He had a closed fracture of lower third of tibia on right side. His xray after injury [Limb is splinted as you can see]  showed a spiral fracture of tibia along with fracture of fibula of right side.

The patient was treated with open reduction and osteosynthesis using plate and screw. [Read more...]

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Tubular Fixator With Bent Pins In Open Fracture Lower Third Tibia – Lateral View

March 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Following xray belongs to 33 years old lady who had an open fracture tibia grade III [Bone stripped of soft tissue cover] with closed fracture of fibula.
The patient was initially treated with wound debridement and external fixation with across the ankle fixator.

This xray was done after two months of application of the fixator and top two pins were found bent, a sign of imminent implant failure.
By that time, however skin wound had healed completely. Therefore, external fixator was removed and patient limb was splinted using a slab.

It was followed by internal fixation and bone grafting.

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Undisplaced Oblique Fracture of Lower Tibia – Anteroposterior View Xray

December 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Oblique fractures are the fracture at an angle to transverse axis of the bone and extend into two planes. Oblique fractures are result of an indirect trauma.

Following xray is of 47 years old male who met with trauma when he was traveling on the bike. The xray reveals fractured tibia in an oblique fashion and comminution of fracture was visible.oblique-fracture-lower-tibia

The fracture has been successfully treated in above knee plaster cast.

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Open Severely Comminuted Fracture Tibia and Fibula

November 19, 2009 By 20 Comments

Open fractures occur when the covering skin layer is breached by external force or the fracture fragment injuring from within.

Open fractures are very common occurrence in leg bones because the soft tissue envelopes are very thin around the bones especially tibia in its antero medial aspect.

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A 20 year old young male was hit by a motorbike while he was attempting to cross the road. He presented to casualty with large wound over the middle third circumference of the leg. [Read more...]

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Xray of Malunited Fracture of Tibia and Fibula With Varus Angulation

November 15, 2009 By 6 Comments

A 35 years old young male visited the out patient department with history of trauma to ankle two days back. The ankle was swollen. The leg showed a varus deformity and marks a scar that of secondary healing  and multiple small round scars in linear fashion probably from pin insertion.

An xray of leg with ankle was done and revealed  malunited fractures of tibia and fibula with varus angulation. The deformity is evident on anteroposterior view.

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There was no evidence of any fresh bony injury.

On further inquiring, it came out that he suffered from open  fracture of tibia and fibula two years back and was treated with external fixator. [Read more...]

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