Reply to comment on Cheng et al.: Comparison study of two surgical options for distal tibia fracture—minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis vs. open reduction and internal fixation

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Dear Editor, We read the comments on our research article entitled "Comparison study of two surgical options for distal tibia fracture-minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis vs. open reduction and internal fixation" [1] in International Orthopaedics. Thank you for the constructive arguments from our colleagues.However, we could not totally agree with the conclusion, and discussions on several aspects below contribute to our viewpoints. However, Gupta et al. [4] argued clearly in their discussion that "It is not essential to fix fibular fractures in the presence of a simple fracture pattern of the tibia provided the fibular fracture is proximal to the syndesmosis. However, any fibular fracture at the level of or