A comprehensive analysis of patients with malreduced ankle fractures undergoing re-operation.

Purpose: The present study aimed to determine the most common surgical errors resulting in early re-operation following ankle fracture surgery.

Methods: We performed a chart review to determine the most common types of malreductions that led to early re-operation following ankle fracture surgery. From 2002 to 2011, we identified 5,123 consecutive ankle fracture operations in 5,071 patients.

Modified and new approaches for pelvic and acetabular surgery.

We analysed outcomes of new operative techniques for open reduction and internal fixation in 120 consecutive patients with fractures of the pelvic ring and 164 patients with acetabular fractures treated between 1989 and 1999. An anterior extraperitoneal approach was performed through a low midline incision to fix the anterior and lateral parts of the pelvis and for central involvement of different types of acetabular fractures. The anterior approach was combined with a lateral incision on the lateral crest for fractures of the iliac wing and with a posterior approach for sacroiliac injuries, or with Kocher-Langenbeck approach for posterior acetabular involvements.

No long-term effects of ultrasound therapy on bioabsorbable screw-fixed lateral malleolar fracture.

Background And Aims: The present study was initiated to evaluate the long-term effects of low-intensity ultrasound therapy on bioabsorbable screw-fixed lateral malleolar fractures, which has not been studied earlier.

Patients And Methods: The study design was prospective, randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled. Sixteen dislocated lateral malleolar fractures were fixed with one bioabsorbable self-reinforced poly-L-lactide screw.

Effect of ultrasound therapy on bone healing of lateral malleolar fractures of the ankle joint fixed with bioabsorbable screws.

Background: We investigated the effect of low-intensity ultrasound on bone healing in bioabsorbable self-reinforced poly-L: -lactic acid (SR-PLLA) screw-fixed lateral malleolar fractures. The study design was prospective, randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled.

Methods: A total of 22 fractures were fixed with one SR-PLLA screw.

The effect of low intensity ultrasound and bioabsorbable self-reinforced poly-L-lactide screw fixation on bone in lateral malleolar fractures.

Introduction: There are no previous reports of low intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy in connection with bioabsorbable fracture fixation. In this randomised, prospective, double-blind and placebo-controlled study, the effects of ultrasound on bone mineral density and bone healing were examined in lateral malleolar fractures fixed with a bioabsorbable self-reinforced poly-L-lactide screw (SR-PLLA).

Materials And Methods: Thirty adult patients with SR-PLLA screw-fixed lateral malleolar fracture underwent ultrasound therapy 20 min daily for 6 weeks.