Abstract
Long bone fractures’ are mainly classified according to the AO-Müller long-bone classification system and to its 1996 and 2007 revision by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) compendium. In 2012 Garnavos et al. proposed a novel, clinically oriented classification system for long bone fractures (femur, tibia, humerus, forearm) which was positively validated with a targeted pilot study designed for content and clinical outcome retrospectively reviewing 122 closed tibial shaft fractures. The classification is based on anteroposterior and lateral radiographs. In the new classification system, fractures are first described by their location (topography) and second by their pattern (morphology).
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Kanakaris, N.K., Giannoudis, P.V. (2015). Long Bone Fractures. In: Lasanianos, N., Kanakaris, N., Giannoudis, P. (eds) Trauma and Orthopaedic Classifications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6572-9_109
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