CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WHO TREATED CLOSED DISTAL END OF THE TIBIA FRACTURES BY LOCKING PLATE AT MILITARY HOSPITAL 175

Objectives: To survey some clinical characteristics of patients with closed fractures of the distal end of the tibia who were osteosynthesis with a locking plate at Military Hospital 175. Subjects and methods: A retrospective combined prospective research conducted at Military Hospital 175 including 51 adult patients with closed fractures of the distal end of the tibia treated surgically by locking plate method during the period from January 2021 to January 2024. Results: The average age of the study subjects was 52.76 ± 15.67 years old, the oldest age was 85, the youngest was 21, of which the age group < 60 years old accounted for 60.78%. The ratio of male patients / female patients was 1.22/1 with males accounting for 28/51 cases. The main cause of distal end of the tibia fractures was traffic accidents accounting for 72.55%, due to daily life accidents accounting for 21.57%, and due to occupational accidents accounting for 5.88%. The proportion of patients with combined medical diseases was 14/51 cases. The majority of patients had associated fibula fractures, with a ratio of 49/51 cases. Conclusion: In this study, the distal end of the tibia fractures were common in the working age group, the cause of injury is mainly due to traffic accidents with high energy trauma, so there were often other accompanying injuries, rarely a simple fracture of the lower end of the tibia.