title: [Combined tibial and ankle joint fractures].
abstract: The authors report upon 773 fractures of the lower leg investigated from 1979 to 1989. They included 38 tibial fractures combined with fractures of the ankle joint. According to the mechanism of the fractures they were divided into: isolated tibial shaft fractures, transverse, segmental and communicated fractures and external rotation fractures of the tibial shaft combined with additional lesions of the ankle joint.
authors.affiliation: Department für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schweighofer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fellinger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wildburger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Kombinierte Unterschenkel- und Sprunggelenkfrakturen.