Gosselin fracture
The Gosselin fracture is a V-shaped fracture of the distal tibia which extends into the ankle joint and fractures the tibial plafond into anterior and posterior fragments.[1][2]
The fracture was described by Leon Athanese Gosselin, chief of surgery at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris.[3]
References
- ↑ Hunter, Tim B; Leonard F Peltier; Pamela J Lund (May 2000). "Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys?". RadioGraphics. 20 (3): 819–836. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00ma20819. PMID 10835130.
- ↑ Martel, José; Bueno, Angel (2008). "Fractures with names". In Pope, Thomas; Bloem, Hans L.; Beltran, Javier; Morrison, William B.; John, David (eds.). Musculoskeletal Imaging (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. p. 1232.e3. ISBN 978-1-4557-0813-0. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ Gosselin LA, Stimson LA. translated in Clinical lectures on surgery. Philadelphia, Pa. Lea, 1878.
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