Fewer reoperations after posterolateral plate positioning compared with lateral plate positioning in ankle fractures-a retrospective study on 453 AO/OTA 44-B injuries.

Introduction: Ankle fractures are commonly treated by open reduction and internal fixation with plate and screws. Unplanned return to theatre is common, in many cases to extract prominent osteosynthesis material from the lateral malleolus as swelling subsides. We hypothesised that patients operated with a posterolateral plate placement on the lateral malleolus would have fewer reoperations, and fewer complications, compared to patients with a lateral plate placement.

Sick leave before and after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy due to traumatic meniscal tear.

Objective: There is limited knowledge on sick leave associated with arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) due to traumatic meniscal tear and its potential gender differences. Thus, our aim was to determine gender-specific sick leave before and after APM.

Method: In Skåne region, Sweden, we identified patients, aged 18-59 years diagnosed with traumatic meniscal tear without ligament injury, who had APM during 2004-2012.

Impact of a national guideline on use of knee arthroscopy: An interrupted time-series analysis.

Objective: To assess the impact of the Swedish health authority recommendation against the use of knee arthroscopy in patients aged ≥40 years with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Design: Interrupted time series analysis.

Setting: Public health care in Skåne region.

The risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis after arthroscopic meniscus repair vs partial meniscectomy vs the general population.

Objective: To compare consultation rate for knee osteoarthritis (OA) after meniscus repair, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM), and in general population, respectively.

Method: We identified patients aged 16-45 years having had meniscus surgery due to traumatic meniscus tear in 1998-2010 in southern Sweden by a healthcare register. Patients were followed from surgery until a diagnosis of knee OA, relocation, death, or December 31st, 2015.

Knee arthroscopies: who gets them, what does the radiologist report, and what does the surgeon find? An evaluation from southern Sweden.

Background And Purpose: Several randomized controlled trials have not shown any added benefit of arthroscopy over placebo surgery or physiotherapy in middle-aged patients with knee symptoms without trauma. We studied the characteristics of the knee arthroscopies performed in southern Sweden.

Patients And Methods: From the orthopedic surgical records from 2007-2009 in the Skåne region of Sweden (with a population of 1.