Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pulau Pinang Hospital, Georgetown, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malays Orthop J, 2015 Nov;9(3):35-39.
PMID: 28611907 MyJurnal DOI: 10.5704/MOJ.1511.005

Abstract

Corticotomy is an essential procedure for deformity correction and there are many techniques described. However there is no proper classification of the fracture pattern resulting from corticotomies to enable any studies to be conducted. We performed a retrospective study of corticotomy fracture patterns in 44 patients (34 tibias and 10 femurs) performed for various indications. We identified four distinct fracture patterns, Type I through IV classification based on the fracture propagation following percutaneous corticotomy. Type I transverse fracture, Type II transverse fracture with a winglet, Type III presence of butterfly fragment and Type IV fracture propagation to a fixation point. No significant correlation was noted between the fracture pattern and the underlying pathology or region of corticotomy.

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