Publications by authors named "Harri J Pakarinen"
Backround: The clinical relevance and treatment of syndesmosis injury in supination-external rotation (SER) ankle fractures are controversial.
Methods: After malleolar fixation 24 SER 4 ankle fracture patients with unstable syndesmosis in external rotation stress test were randomised to syndesmosis transfixation with a screw (13 patients) or no fixation (11 patients). Mean follow-up time was 9.
Background: This study compared mid-term functional and radiologic results of syndesmotic transfixation with no fixation in supination external rotation (SER) ankle fractures with intraoperatively confirmed syndesmosis disruption. Our hypothesis was that early-stage good functional results would remain and unfixed syndesmosis disruption in SER IV ankle fractures would not lead to an increased incidence of osteoarthritis.
Methods: A prospective study of 140 operatively treated patients with Lauge-Hansen SER IV (Weber B) ankle fractures was performed.
Background: This study was designed to assess whether transfixion of an unstable syndesmosis is necessary in supination-external rotation (Lauge-Hansen SE/Weber B)-type ankle fractures.
Methods: A prospective study of 140 patients with unilateral Lauge-Hansen supination-external rotation type 4 ankle fractures was done. After bony fixation, the 7.
Background: This study was designed to see if stability based criteria are useful in choosing between nonoperative and operative treatment of ankle fractures.
Materials And Methods: One hundred sixty ankle fractures in skeletally mature patients were retrospectively analyzed to obtain an epidemiological profile in a population of about 130,000. One hundred thirty patients had followup of more than 2 years.