title: [Fatigue fracture of the tibia following osteosynthesis. An interesting case].
abstract: Stress-fractures most often affect healthy bones, in the majority of cases the tibia. We report a case of a young man who had a stress-fracture 18 months after osteosynthesis of a lower leg-fracture. Under biomechanical aspects an oscillation-fracture is mostly probable because the angle of the fracture is exactly 45 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the tibia.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik der RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knauf
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Paar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality