A minimally invasive cerclage of the tibia in a modified Goetze technique: operative technique and first clinical results

• Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery (Munich : 2007) Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 3115 - 3122
• Main Authors: Förch, Stefan, Reuter, Jan, von der Helm, Franziska, Lisitano, Leonard, Hartwig, Christopher, Sandriesser, Sabrina, Nuber, Stefan, Mayr, Edgar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Fractures; Intensive; Legs; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original; Original Article; Orthopedic apparatus; Orthopedics; Premature birth; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Surgical techniques; Sutures; Traumatic Surgery; Tibial fracture; Operative technique; Clinical results; Minimalle invasive cerclage; Complications; Goetze cerclage

Introduction In spiral fractures of the tibia, the stability of an osteosynthesis may be significantly increased by additive cerclages and, according to biomechanical studies, be brought into a state that allows immediate full weight bearing. As early as 1933, Goetze described a minimally invasive t...