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Patrick Ziegler BG Klinik Tübingen, Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Klinik Gut, St. Moritz, Switzerland

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Christian Bahrs Schön Klinik Neustadt, Neustadt in Holstein, Germany

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Christian Konrads Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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Philipp Hemmann BG Klinik Tübingen, Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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Marc-Daniel Ahrend BG Klinik Tübingen, Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Switzerland

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accepted. However, optimal treatment for geriatric fractures remains controversial. Geriatric patients are particularly at risk of poor outcomes following ankle fractures due to frequent multimorbidity, poor peripheral blood supply and osteoporosis ( 6 , 7

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Foot & Ankle
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1530/EOR-22-0082
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Volume 8: Issue 1
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Michael J Raschke Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

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Sabine Ochman Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

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Alexander Milstrey Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

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ankle fractures has so far not been proven ( 4 ). However, there seems to be a positive correlation between bone mineral density and ankle fractures of the elderly ( 5 , 6 ). Furthermore, in the geriatric population, changes of the neurovascular status

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https://doi.org/10.1530/EOR-23-0052
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Victor Lu School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Maria Tennyson Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

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Andrew Zhou School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Ravi Patel Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, UK

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Mary D Fortune Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Azeem Thahir Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

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Matija Krkovic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

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Introduction After the hip and distal radius, ankle fragility fractures (FFs) are the third most common type of fracture in the geriatric population, with an incidence of 184 cases per 100,000 population in the elderly per year ( 1 ). Despite

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https://doi.org/10.1530/EOR-22-0017
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Stefan Rammelt University Center of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

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, Rosenbaum C , Harris A , Perkins C . Are low-energy open ankle fractures in the elderly the new geriatric hip fracture? J Foot Ankle Surg 2015 ; 54 : 203 - 6 .

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.1.000023
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Volume 1: Issue 5
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