Open AccessEvaluation of the syndesmotic-only fixation for Weber-C ankle fractures with syndesmotic injury
Author(s) -
Riazuddin Mohammed,
Shakir Syed,
Sreenivasulu Metikala,
S. A. Ali
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.83953
Subject(s) - syndesmosis , medicine , diastasis , ankle , fixation (population genetics) , fibula , surgery , mortise and tenon , internal fixation , tibia , population , environmental health , structural engineering , engineering
With the length of the fibula restored and the syndesmosis reduced anatomically, internal fixation using a plating device may not be necessary for supra-syndesmotic fibular fractures combined with diastasis of inferior tibio-fibular joint. A retrospective observational study was performed in patients who had this injury pattern treated with syndesmosis-only fixation.