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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 · In patients with osteoporotic bone, a pathological external rotation force to the ankle will produce bone avulsions of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis rather than a purely ligamentous injury.
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.
21 wrz 2021 · Ankle fractures are the third most common fractures after hip and wrist fractures. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the treatments and the used outcome factors. Methods. PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL were searched to retrieve relevant studies.
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 ….
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).
