Pilon fracture
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Background
- axial loading injury
Diagnosis
- suspect other Fx as well
- calcaneal,talar dome, tibial plateau, femoral neck,acetabular,L spine
watch for compartment syndrome!
Prognosis
- common to have poor outcomes
- up to 10-55% complication rate
- non-union rates from 25 up to 100% with severe Fx
- malunion rates up to 42% in some series
- post-traumatic arthritis extremely common.