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Introduction Approximately one in eight patients undergoing surgical treatment for rotational ankle fracture is diabetic. 1 , 2 Complications after ankle fracture fixation in diabetics have been shown to vary between 26% and 47% versus
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Both the incidence and severity of ankle fractures in elderly patients with considerable comorbidity is rising steadily in most European countries. 1 The patients are predominately women with considerable comorbidities including
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Introduction Bosworth fracture (BF) is a special type of locked ankle fracture-dislocation, characterized by displacement of a fragment of the fractured fibula from the fibular notch (FN) behind the posterior surface of the distal tibia ( Fig
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Epidemiology Ankle fractures are very common, with an annual incidence of 74 per 100 000 people and a mean age of 56 years in Germany ( 1 ). Interestingly, 60% of the fractures occur in women with an increase of the incidence between the age
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Introduction Ankle fractures represent one of the most common injuries in elderly patients combined with a major health care burden as the elderly population is expected to more than double by the year 2050 ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). The overall 1
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Introduction Risks for the future are a source of concern for any trauma patient and are included in the settlement of personal injury claims. In the case of ankle fractures, this mainly concerns the risk of osteoarthritis and the resulting
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risk of wound dehiscence or infection ( 9 ). This study aims to provide a comprehensive review with a detailed meta-analysis of the current evidence for using a TTC nail as the primary surgical option to treat fragility ankle fractures in the elderly
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studies. In most foot and ankle fractures, osteotomies, and fusions, delayed union is defined as > 3 months since injury/operation and nonunion is > 9 months since injury/operation. ‘Normal’ time to union varies in foot and ankle fractures and radiographic
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Introduction Syndesmotic injuries occur in 20% of ankle fracture cases and in approximately 17% of all ankle sprains ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). Isolated syndesmotic injuries are referred to as high ankle sprains. These figures rise to up to 30% in
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. Foot Ankle 1992 ; 13 : 44 - 50 . 22 Albers GHR de Kort AFCC Middendorf PRJM van Dijk CN . Distal tibiofibular synostosis after ankle fracture. A 14-year follow-up study . J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 1996 ; 78-B
