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- An anterior mid-tibial stress fracture is a rare but serious injury for athletes, leading to this study evaluating two surgical treatment methods.
- Between 1985 and 2005, 49 cases were treated surgically, with a majority being runners aged around 26 years.
- Results showed that laminofixation had a significantly higher success rate (93%) compared to drilling (50%), and healing occurred in less than 6 months with the former method, indicating it is the preferred treatment option.
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Background And Aims: An anterior mid-tibial stress fracture is an uncommon, but possibly career threatening condition for an athlete. We wanted to evaluate the results of the surgical treatment of this notorious stress fracture and compare two different surgical methods.
Material And Methods: Forty-nine anterior mid-tibial stress fractures were treated surgically in 45 patients during the years 1985-2005. All the patients were athletes, mainly runners. The mean age of the patients was 26 years. Thirty-four of the fractures occurred in men and 15 in women. The first method of treatment (anteromedial and lateral drilling) was used in 20 operations and the second method (laminofixation) in 29 operations.
Results: Good results were achieved with drilling in only 50 % of the operations, where as with laminofixation good results were achieved in 93 % of operations. This difference was statistically significant (p = .002). Healing of the stress fracture after laminofixation occurred in less than 6 months. The length of the plate used in the laminofixation had no effect on the end result.
Conclusions: An anterior mid-tibial stress fracture may often lead to delayed union or non-union in vigorously training athletes. Surgical treatment with laminofixation proved to be superior to tibial fracture site drilling.
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