Nabil A Ebraheim, Todd Ludwig, John T Weston, Trevor Carroll, Jiayong Liu
BACKGROUND: Evaluation of operative techniques used for medial malleolar fractures by classifying fracture geometry has not been well documented. METHODS: One hundred eleven patients with medial malleolar fractures (transverse n = 63, oblique n = 29, vertical n = 7, comminuted n = 12) were included in this study. Seventy-two patients had complicating comorbidities. All patients were treated with buttress plate, lag screw, tension band, or K-wire fixation. Treatment outcomes were evaluated on the basis of radiological outcome (union, malunion, delayed union, or nonunion), need for operative revision, presence of postoperative complications, and AOFAS Ankle-Hindfoot score...
May 2014: Foot & Ankle International