Syndesmotic fixation in supination-external rotation ankle fractures: a prospective randomized study.

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.

Stability criteria for nonoperative ankle fracture management.

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.