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The purpose of this study was to determine if an external fixator pin hole distal to a tibial plate in a synthetic fracture model would increase the risk of fracture after fixation. Another objective was to determine the ideal configuration when placing tibial plate screws near an external fixator pin hole.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirty synthetic tibiae were tested and evenly divided into 5 groups. Tibial plateau plates were placed with 4 different screw configurations for the distal-most screw near the external fixator pin hole. The 5 groups tested were control (fixation with no external fixator hole), unicortical (distal fixation with a unicortical locking screw), bicortical (distal fixation with a bicortical locking screw), oblique (distal fixation with an oblique cortical screw angled 30\u00b0 proximally from the external fixator hole), and hole-bridging (hole-bridging fixation in which the plate was placed bridging the external fixator hole). The bone surrogates were potted and tested using an Instron 8874 Testing System.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was a significant difference in failure load among the 5 groups (p = 0.005). The mean peak loads were 1,259 N (control), 835 N (unicortical), 831 N (bicortical), 943 N (oblique), and 993 N (hole-bridging). There was a higher failure load in the control group compared with the bicortical group (p = 0.007) and the unicortical group (p = 0.007). There was no difference in failure load between the control group and the hole-bridging group (p = 0.16) and the oblique group (p = 0.067).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>External fixator pin holes distal to a tibial plateau plate may increase the risk of tibial fracture through the pin hole. This risk may be mitigated by placing the distal screw oblique and angled proximally away from the external fixator pin hole or by placing the external fixator pin proximally with subsequent bridging of the external fixator pin hole with the plate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.oa.24.00094","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,3]],"date-time":"2025-02-03T14:02:59Z","timestamp":1738591379000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Risk of Fracture at External Fixator Pin Hole After Lateral Tibial Plateau Fracture Plating"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8637-0122","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrick A.","family":"Massey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wayne","family":"Scalisi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-1994-9262","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chloe","family":"Duval","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, Louisiana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Lowery","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hughston Clinic, Eastman, Georgia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brad","family":"Chauvin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giovanni F.","family":"Solitro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"R2-20250203","first-page":"294","article-title":"Biomechanics of external fixation: a review of the literature","volume":"65","author":"Moss","year":"2007","journal-title":"Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis"},{"key":"R3-20250203","article-title":"Evaluation of the effects of holes of various sizes on fracture rates in sheep femurs","volume":"19","author":"Olcay","year":"2013","journal-title":"Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi"},{"issue":"1","key":"R4-20250203","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"00091","DOI":"10.2106\/JBJS.RVW.20.00091","article-title":"Periprosthetic fractures through tracking pin sites following computer navigated and robotic total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a systematic review","volume":"9","author":"Smith","year":"2021","journal-title":"JBJS Rev"},{"issue":"5","key":"R5-20250203","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"964","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jfas.2021.12.021","article-title":"Safety of tibial half pins with circular external fixation for foot and ankle reconstruction in patients with peripheral neuropathy","volume":"61","author":"Cates","year":"2022","journal-title":"J Foot Ankle Surg"},{"issue":"9","key":"R6-20250203","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1475","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-198466090-00027","article-title":"Tibial fracture through a traction-pin site. 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