In Vivo Syndesmotic Overcompression After Fixation of Ankle Fractures With a Syndesmotic Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The goals of this study were to assess syndesmotic reductions using computerized tomography and to determine whether malreductions are associated with certain injury types or reduction forceps.

Design

Prospective cohort.

Setting

Urban level 1 trauma center.

Patients

Twenty-seven patients with operatively treated syndesmotic injuries were recruited prospectively.

Intervention

Patients underwent postoperative bilateral computerized tomography of the ankle and hindfoot to assess syndesmotic reduction. The uninjured extremity was used as a control.

Main outcome measurement

Side-to-side differences of the fibular position within the tibial incisura were measured at several anatomic points and analyzed based on injury type, the presence of po

SUBMITTER: Cherney SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4547473 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature