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Fracture of the distal tibia
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]
The fracture was described by Leon Athanese Gosselin , chief of surgery at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris.[2]
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^ 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 .
^ Gosselin LA, Stimson LA. translated in Clinical lectures on surgery. Philadelphia, Pa. Lea, 1878.
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