Rates and Types of Syndesmotic Fixation in Operatively Treated Ankle Fractures
Category: Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Roughly 15% of ankle sprains and 23% of ankle fractures involve disruption of the syndesmotic ligaments. It has been shown that patients who require syndesmotic stabilization have worse subjective outcomes than those who do not require fixation. Recent studies...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000378 |