Reconstructive osteotomy of fibular malunion: review of the literature

1. Hughes JL, Weber H, Willenegger H, Kuner EH (1979) Evaluation of ankle fractures: Non-operative and operative treatment. Clin Orthop Relat Res 138:111-119

2. Branfoot T (2004) Revision of malunited ankle fractures. Clin Podiatr Med Surg 21(3):385-391

3. Ramsey PL, Hamilton W (1976) Changes in tibiotalar area of contact caused by lateral talar shift. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 58(3):356-357

4. Curtis MJ, Michelson JD, Urquhart MW, Byank RP, Jinnah RH (1992) Tibiotalar contact and fibular malunion in ankle fractures. A cadaver study. Acta Orthop Scand 63(3):326-329

5. Thordarson DB, Motamed S, Hedman T, Ebramzadeh E, Bakshian S (1997) The effect of fibular malreduction on contact pressures in an ankle fracture malunion model. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 79(12):1809-1815

6. Yablon IG, Heller FG, Shouse L (1977) The key role of the lateral malleolus in displaced fractures of the ankle. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 59(2):169-173

7. Marti RK, Raaymakers EL, Nolte PA (1990) Malunited ankle fractures. The late results of reconstruction. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 72(4):709-713

8. Henderson WB, Lau JTC (2006) Reconstruction of failed ankle fractures. Foot Ankle Clin N Am 11(1):51-60

9. Marti RK, Van Heerwaarden RJ (2008) Osteotomies for posttraumatic deformities. Thieme, Stuttgart, pp 552-585

10. Rukavina A (1998) The role of fibular length and the width of the ankle mortise in post-traumatic osteoarthrosis after malleolar fracture. Int Orthop 22:357-360

11. Speed JS, Boyd HB (1936) Operative reconstruction of malunited fractures about the ankle joint. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 18:270-286

12. Weber BG, Simpson LA (1985) Corrective lengthening osteotomy of the fibula. Clin Orthop Relat Res 199:61-67

13. Weber D, Friederich NF, Muller W (1998) Lengthening osteotomy of the fibula for post-traumatic malunion. Indications, technique and results. Int Orthop 22(3):149-152

14. Hughes JL (1976) Corrective osteotomies of the fibula after defectively healed ankle fractures. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 58-A:728

15. Offierski CM, Graham JD, Hall JH, Harris WR, Schatzker JL (1982) Late revision of fibular malunion in ankle fractures. Clin Orthop Relat Res 171:145-149

16. Fogel GR, Sim FH (1982) Reconstruction of ankle malunion. Indications and results. Orthopedics 5(11):1471-1479

17. Weber BG (1981) Lengthening osteotomy of the fibula to correct a widened mortice of the ankle after fracture. Int Orthop 4(4):289-293

18. Dehne R, Connolly JF (1986) Fibular lengthening to correct a malunited ankle fracture. Nebr Med J 71(11):404-406

19. Austin RT (1987) Rotatory malunion of the lateral malleolus corrected by osteotomy. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 69(3):481

20. Yablon IG, Leach RE (1989) Reconstruction of malunited fractures of the lateral malleolus. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 71(4):521-527

21. Ward AJ, Ackroyd CE, Baker AS (1990) Late lengthening of the fibula for malaligned ankle fractures. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 72(4):714-717

22. Roberts C, Sherman O, Bauer D, Lusskin R (1992) Ankle reconstruction for malunion by fibular osteotomy and lengthening with direct control of the distal fragment: a report of three cases and review of the literature. Foot Ankle 13(1):7-13

23. Davis JL, Giacopelli JA (1995) Transfibular osteotomy in the correction of ankle joint incongruity. J Foot Ankle Surg 34:389- 399

24. Weber D, Fritschy D, Friederich NF (2001) Muller W Osteotomy of the distal fibula for correction of posttraumatic malunion. Orthop Traumatol 9:273-283

25. Weber M, Ganz R (2003) Malunion following trimalleolar fracture with posterolateral subluxation of the talus-reconstruction including the posterior malleolus. Foot Ankle Int 24(4):338-344

26. Chao KH, Wu CC, Lee CH, Chu CM, Wu SS (2004) Correctiveelongation osteotomy without bone graft for old ankle fracture with residual diastasis. Foot Ankle Int 25(3):123-127

27. Eberl R, Kaminski A, Hauser J, Arens S, Nicolas V, Muhr G (2006) Oblique osteotomy for post-traumatic fibula incongruity. Chirurg 77(5):439-446

28. Roukis TS (2004) Corrective ankle osteotomies. Clin Podiatr Med Surg 21(3):353-370

29. Miller SD (1995) Late reconstruction after failed treatment for ankle fractures. Orthop Clin North Am 26(2):363-373

30. Rolfe B, Nordt W, Sallis JG, Distefano M (1989) Assessing fibular length using bimalleolar angular measurements. Foot Ankle 10(2):104-109

31. Panchbhavi VK, Singh D, Trevino SG (2005) Clinical tip: distraction technique for restoring length of the fibula in ankle fractures. Foot Ankle Int 26(6):501-502

32. Myerson MS, Neufeld SK, Uribe J (2005) Fresh-frozen structural allografts in the foot and ankle. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 87(1):113-120