The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures

Volume: 36 Number: 3 September 11, 2006
  • Erhan Yilmaz
  • Lokman Karakurt
  • Erhan Serin
  • Mehmet Bulut
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The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures

Abstract

Objectives: We evaluated the results of surgical treatment for ankle fractures and the factors that play a role in these results. Methods: The study included 31 patients (20 men, 11 women, mean age 38.2 years) who underwent surgical treatment for ankle fractures and had an adequate follow-up. According to the Lauge-Hansen classification, the mechanism of occurrence was supination-external rotation in 13 (42%), pronation-external rotation in two (26%), pronation-abduction in four (13%), and supination-abduction in four patients (13%). In two patients (6%), the fractures could not be classified. Most of the fractures occurred with falling in winter months. The majority of fractures (55%) was of bimalleolar type. The mean follow-up was 26 months. Results: Union was obtained in all fractures. According to the objective criteria, the results were good, moderate, and poor in 18 (58%), eight (26%), and five (16%) patients, respectively. Subjective evaluation yielded good, moderate, and poor results in 17 (55%), eight (26%), and six (19%) patients, respectively. The results were poor especially in pronation-external rotation and fracture-dislocation type fractures. Two patients (6%) developed degenerative arthritis. Conclusion: In our opinion, the best anatomical reduction may be achieved by surgical treatment of ankle fractures that present with a talar tilt, fibular shortening, and injury to the syndesmosis.

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Erhan Yilmaz This is me

Lokman Karakurt This is me

Erhan Serin This is me

Mehmet Bulut This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 2002 Volume: 36 Number: 3

APA
Yilmaz, E., Karakurt, L., Serin, E., & Bulut, M. (2006). The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 36(3), 242-247. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v36i3.895
AMA
1.Yilmaz E, Karakurt L, Serin E, Bulut M. The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;36(3):242-247. doi:10.3944/aott.v36i3.895
Chicago
Yilmaz, Erhan, Lokman Karakurt, Erhan Serin, and Mehmet Bulut. 2006. “The Results of Surgical Treatment in Ankle Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 36 (3): 242-47. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v36i3.895.
EndNote
Yilmaz E, Karakurt L, Serin E, Bulut M (September 1, 2006) The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 36 3 242–247.
IEEE
[1]E. Yilmaz, L. Karakurt, E. Serin, and M. Bulut, “The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 242–247, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v36i3.895.
ISNAD
Yilmaz, Erhan - Karakurt, Lokman - Serin, Erhan - Bulut, Mehmet. “The Results of Surgical Treatment in Ankle Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 36/3 (September 1, 2006): 242-247. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v36i3.895.
JAMA
1.Yilmaz E, Karakurt L, Serin E, Bulut M. The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;36:242–247.
MLA
Yilmaz, Erhan, et al. “The Results of Surgical Treatment in Ankle Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 36, no. 3, Sept. 2006, pp. 242-7, doi:10.3944/aott.v36i3.895.
Vancouver
1.Erhan Yilmaz, Lokman Karakurt, Erhan Serin, Mehmet Bulut. The results of surgical treatment in ankle fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;36(3):242-7. doi:10.3944/aott.v36i3.895