Surgical treatment of supination adduction ankle fractures
HU Mu
XU Xiang-yang
Abstract：Objective To investigate the surgical methods and effects in the treatment of supination adduction ankle fractures. Methods Thirty-nine patients of supination adduction ankle fractures were treated from January 2004 to October 2012. There were 23 males and 16 females with an average age of 45.15 years ( range:20-65 years ). Eighteen cases with the left ankle fractures and 21 cases with the right ankle fractures were included. One of them was of open fractures. All patients were treated by open reduction, internal ifxation and plaster external ifxation for 4 weeks postoperatively. Results 32/39 cases were followed up for 16 months in average ( range:10-24 months ). All of the cases healed well at the ifrst stage, and the mean time of bone union was 11.2 weeks ( range:10-16 weeks ). No infection was found in all cases. The mean time of complete weight loading walking was 14 weeks ( range:11-18 weeks ), without obvious pain. According to the Ankle&Hindfoot scale of American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society ( AOFAS ), the mean score was 84.1 ( range:72-100 ). Conclusions Anatomic reduction and stable internal ifxation are the best solutions for dislocated ankle fractures, which are the foundation of the reconstruction of ankle form and function.
Keywords：Ankle jointFracturesboneFracture ifxationOrthotic devices
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 120-123 )