Early Weight Bearing on a Fixed Syndesmosis. Does it Matter?

Category: Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Introduction: There is no consensus about when to allow weight bearing in ankle fractures in which a screw was used to maintain reduction of the syndesmosis. There has been no evaluation, of the radiographic fate of the syndesmosis when syndesmotic screws are r...

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Main Authors: Pablo P. Mocoçain MD, Cristian A. Ortiz MD, Emilio E. Wagner MD, Andres A. Keller MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011416S00171