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1 sty 2023 · Complex fracture patterns, such as multifragment involvement of the lateral malleolus, additional fracture of the medial malleolus, involvement of the dorsal tibial facet or bony avulsion of the syndesmosis are common in ankle fractures of the elderly due to osteoporotic bone density (18).
21 wrz 2021 · This article is a systematic review of the literature on elderly aged 80 and over with an ankle fracture. Low energy trauma fractures are a major public health burden in developed countries that have aged populations. Ankle fractures are the third most common fractures after hip and wrist fractures.
31 maj 2016 · The incidence and severity of ankle fractures in elderly patients is increasing steadily. These injuries are challenging to treat and prone to complications. Individual fracture treatment is tailored depending on bone quality, skin conditions, comorbidities, and functional demand of the patient.
Following Institutional Review Board approval, all patients 55 years or older who sustained a torsional ankle fracture (AO/OTA 44A-C) between 2006 and 2015 were identified. Four-hundred twenty-nine patients met such criteria.
29 maj 2017 · Ankle fractures are the third most common osseous injury in the elderly, behind hip and distal radius fractures. While there is a rich history of clinical advancement in the timing, technique, perioperative management, and associated risks of hip fractures, similar evaluations are only more recently ….
8 lip 2020 · Ankle fractures are the third most common fracture in the elderly. Patients over 60 years are more severely affected by these injuries than their younger counterparts and have a higher rate of complications regardless of the management strategy.
7 kwi 2021 · The latest NICE guidelines emphasise the importance of regularly assessing pain in ankle fracture patients, using a scale suitable for the patient’s age, developmental stage and cognitive function (NICE 2016a).
