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fibular fracture
Complications:
- risk of deep vein thrombosis = 0.6% [1]
Management:
- anticoagulation unnecessary [1]
Related
fibula
Specific
laterl malleolar fracture
Maisonneuve fracture
General
bone fracture
References
- Selby R et al.
Symptomatic venous thromboembolism uncommon without
thromboprophylaxis after isolated lower-limb fracture: The
Knee-to-Ankle Fracture (KAF) cohort study.
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 May 21;
PMID: 24875035
http://jbjs.org/content/96/10/e83
- Selby R et al.
PAPER 031: CLINICALLY-IMPORTANT VENOUS THROMBOEMOLISM (CIVTE)
FOLLOWING ISOLATED LEG FRACTURES DISTAL TO THE KNEE:
EPIDEMIOLOGY & PREVENTION: THE D-KAF (DALTEPARIN IN KNEE-
TO-ANKLE FRACTURE) TRIAL.
J Bone Joint Surg Br 2010 vol. 92-B. no. SUPP I 7
http://www.bjjprocs.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/92-B/SUPP_I/7.3.abstract