"Tibia Pathology and Fractures" ed. by Dimitrios D. Nikolopoulos, John Michos, George K. Safos

This volume analyzes all the up-to-date internal fixation or other operative or conservative therapies.

The tibia is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg, which connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia, or shinbone, is the most fractured long bone in the body. In recent years, high-energy accidents result in comminuted tibia fractures or intraarticular fractures of the knee (plateau) or ankle (platform) that need immediate open reduction and internal fixation with anatomical plates or intramedullary nails. Intraarticular fractures with comminution or fractures with non-appropriate internal fixation predispose to post-traumatic knee or ankle arthritis. Conservative current therapies (injections of plate-rich plasma or stems cells) or high tibia osteotomies may delay the need of total knee arthroplasty.


Contents
1.Tibial Plateau Fracture
2.Surgical Approaches and Leg Positions for Tibial Plateau Fractures
3.Midterm Results of Quality of Life after Surgical Treatment of Tibial Plateau Fractures of Type Moore V
4.Far Proximal and Far Distal Tibial Fractures: Management with Intramedullary Nails
5.The Regenerative Effect of Intra-Articular Injection of Autologous Fat Micro-Graft in Treatment of Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis
6.High Tibial Osteotomy