Preventable iatrogenic cause of foot-drop in knee injuries with literature review  

作　　者：Anant Krishna Sumit Arora Rakesh Goyal Manish Kumar Nirup Naik Manoj Kumar 

机构地区：[1]Department of Orthopaedics,All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Ansari Nagar,New Delhi,110029,India [2]Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,Maulana Azad Medical College&Associated Lok Nayak Hospital,New Delhi,110002,India

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》2022年第4期224-231,共8页中华创伤杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Purpose Common peroneal nerve palsy is quite disabling and every effort should be made to prevent its injury during the treatment.Methods We retrospectively reviewed the prospectively collected data of 7 cases of tibial plateau fractures in association with proximal fibula fracture from January 2019 to September 2019 who presented to emergency room of our hospital.Results In addition to fibular neck fracture,the first case had type 6 tibial plateau displaced fracture and the second case had displaced acetabular fracture with instability of knee with tibial tuberosity avulsion.common peroneal nerve palsy developed following application of distal tibial skeletal traction in both the cases.Other 6 such cases remained neurologically intact as traction was not applied to them.Conclusion Such iatrogenic complication could have been prevented if the injury pattern of"concomitant medial and lateral columns"of the proximal leg is kept in mind by the treating surgeon before applying skeletal traction.

关 键 词：Common peroneal neuropathies Tibial plateau fractures Proximal fibula fractures Traction palsy 

分 类 号：R688[医药卫生—骨科学]