{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Peiffer M"],"funding":["Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek"],"pagination":["26797"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11538441"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Current treatment strategy for managing Weber B ankle fractures is mainly governed by mortise congruency, malleolar alignment, deltoid ligament competence and fracture stability. While nonoperative treatment has yielded good functional outcomes in satisfactorily aligned stable injuries, a biomechanical rationale is not firmly established. Furthermore, current radiographic analysis is obscured by observer inaccuracy and beam rotation. This study aimed to utilize weightbearing CT and computational biomechanics to analyse 3D mortise displacement and contact mechanics in Weber-B ankle fractures and compare them with the uninjured contralateral side. 32 patients were included who sustained a Weber-B ankle fracture and underwent bilateral weightbearing CT imaging at injury. Segmentation into 3D "],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Congruent Weber-B ankle fractures do not alter tibiotalar contact mechanics."],"pmcid":["PMC11538441"],"funding_grant_id":["1120220N","1842619N"],"pubmed_authors":["Karaismailoglu B","DiGiovanni CW","Ashkani-Esfahani S","Sharma S","Burssens A","Audenaert E","Peiffer M","Guss D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Congruent Weber-B ankle fractures do not alter tibiotalar contact mechanics.","description":"Current treatment strategy for managing Weber B ankle fractures is mainly governed by mortise congruency, malleolar alignment, deltoid ligament competence and fracture stability. While nonoperative treatment has yielded good functional outcomes in satisfactorily aligned stable injuries, a biomechanical rationale is not firmly established. Furthermore, current radiographic analysis is obscured by observer inaccuracy and beam rotation. This study aimed to utilize weightbearing CT and computational biomechanics to analyse 3D mortise displacement and contact mechanics in Weber-B ankle fractures and compare them with the uninjured contralateral side. 32 patients were included who sustained a Weber-B ankle fracture and underwent bilateral weightbearing CT imaging at injury. Segmentation into 3D ","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2025-04-04T03:04:44.157Z","creation":"2025-04-04T03:04:44.157Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11538441","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39500781"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-024-78172-1"]}}