In 1892 Tillaux was the first physician to describe an uncommon Salter Harris Type III fracture of the tibia. He performed experiments on cadavers and discovered that stress to the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament could lead to this type of avulsion fracture.
Tillaux's work in 1892 described an unusual Salter Harris Type III fracture of the tibia. His research involved testing cadavers and found that stress on the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament resulted in this particular type of avulsion fracture.