Deep peroneal nerve injury during plate fixation for medial open‐wedge high tibial osteotomy: A case report and cadaveric study

Abstract This report presents a case of deep peroneal nerve palsy caused by an injury during drilling for distal locking screws of a T‐shaped locking plate used for osteosynthesis of medial open‐wedge high tibial osteotomy. A cadaveric simulation study reproduced the risk of injury during the surger...

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Main Authors: Masafumi Itoh, Junya Itou, Umito Kuwashima, Hiroki Fujieda, Ken Okazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2451