Reconstruction of the Tibial Stump After Fibulectomy.

The formation of a functional tibial stump after combat injuries with extensive tissue damage is sometimes difficult. We describe a case of reconstruction of the tibial stump after a mine-blast injury. In this case, the fibula was completely removed as a result of fracture, and the tibia was amputated at the border of the upper and middle thirds.

Bilateral Stress Fractures of Amputated Tibial Stumps in the Setting of Chronic Compartment Syndrome.

Introduction: Limb amputation and subsequent prosthetics lead to significant disturbances in bone residual limb remodeling.

Aim: To familiarize specialists with the possibility of simultaneous bilateral stress fractures of amputation residual limbs resulting from intensive loads and poor-quality prosthetics causing chronic compartment syndrome. A case of bilateral stress fractures of the tibia in a 28-year-old male military serviceman with paired transtibial amputation is presented.

Ertl surgery on the short fibula stump after war injury.

Aim: To propose a new technique of Ertl-type surgery for significantly shortened and valgus deviated fibula stump.

Methods: We present the case of a 26-year-old patient who underwent reamputation surgery to replace a significantly shortened fibula stump using a distraction regenerate formed after tibial stump osteotomy and dosed distraction of the autograft using the Ilizarov apparatus. Its advantage is the elimination of valgus deviation of the fibula remnant, its lengthening, formation of bone synostosis, and increase of the bearing surface, which provides the possibility of total contact prosthetics.

Reconstruction of a Short Tibial Stump with a Long Fibula Using the Ilizarov Technique: A Case Study.

The creation of a functional tibial stump after combat injuries is sometimes too difficult. We describe a case of high amputation after a mine-blast injury. In this case, the tibia stump was too short (5 cm) and the fibula stump was too long (12 cm).

Bone Bridge Transtibial Amputation by an Innovative Technique.

We present a case report of synostosis after transtibial amputation because of distraction regenerate formation after decortication of the lateral surfaces of the tibia and fibula, sequential compression, and distraction using the Ilizarov apparatus. Its advantage is that there is no need to shorten bone. The establishment of distal tibia-fibula synostosis (Ertl) in patients with transtibial amputation has been advocated to improve function and prosthetic wear.