Gosselin fracture

{{Short description|Fracture of the distal tibia}}

{{seealso|Pilon 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.{{cite journal|last=Hunter|first=Tim B|author2=Leonard F Peltier |author3=Pamela J Lund |date=May 2000|title=Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys?|journal=RadioGraphics

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