Minimally Invasive Tibia & Fibula Fracture Surgery
73 year old female who tripped over her chihuahua dog and broke her distal tibia and fibula.
She underwent operative fixation using an intramedullary nail (IMN) for her tibia and fibula fracture. The use of intramedullary nails is preferable due to the minimal dissection which greatly improves postoperative pain and precludes a faster recovery. She is nearly 7 months out and doing well. It was a long road to recovery but overall she had a very successful recovery and is now back to all of her preinjury activities such as walking her dogs.
One of the more common sequelae of using IMN for tibia fractures is knee pain since inserting the IMN requires a split through the patellar tendon, but that pain tends to subside with time. This patient had the knee pain but that pain has greatly subsided.
