Medial Malleolus Fixation: Are You Really Choosing the Right Implant?
Why Medial Malleolus Fixation Matters More Than Most Surgeons Think Ankle fractures are among the most common injuries encountered in orthopedic trauma surgery. Yet many fixation failures do not occur because surgeons fail to reduce the fracture. They occur because the wrong implant is selected for the wrong fracture pattern. The ankle is unforgiving. Unlike […]
How Internal Fixation Fails: A Hardcore Analysis Based on Biomechanics & Biology
“Fracture treatment is a race between the fatigue life of the implant and the speed of bone healing.” When you are staring at an X-ray of a broken plate or a stubborn non-union and blaming the patient’s “bad luck,” you have likely already lost the race. The brutal truth is rarely about luck. It is […]
