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Incidence of Complications and Risk Factors for Nonunion After Ankle Fracture in Diabetes Mellitus.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc
October 2022
¶Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: To evaluate complications and risk factors for nonunion in patients with diabetes after ankle fracture.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 139 patients with diabetes and ankle fractures followed for 1 year. We evaluated the incidence of wounds, infections, nonunions, Charcot's arthropathy, and amputations.
Increased Risk of Nonunion and Charcot Arthropathy After Ankle Fracture in People With Diabetes.
J Foot Ankle Surg
June 2021
Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of complications after an ankle fracture in patients with and without diabetes and to evaluate risk factors for nonunion. We conducted a retrospective study of 439 patients with ankle fractures (31.7% had diabetes) and followed them for 1 year or until the fracture healed.
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