Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Arthroscopically Assisted Ankle Facture Treatment Versus Conventional Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to assess the prospective, longitudinal outcome after arthroscopically assisted open reduction and internal fixation (AORIF) and to compare the results with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) in complex ankle fractures.

Methods

Acute, closed, bimalleolar equivalent, bimalleolar, or trimalleolar ankle fractures were included. The AORIF cohort was enrolled prospectively. The ORIF group was identified from a retrospective database. The same inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. The only difference was the additional arthroscopy in the AORIF cohort. The patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM) following AORIF was assessed at 1 and 4 years of follow-up using the Olerud and Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) and Tegner activity sc

SUBMITTER: Baumbach SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8056703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature