Epidemiology of Foot and Ankle Fractures in the United States: An Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank (2007 to 2011)

A new approach to local DCO in ankle fracture dislocations: external fixation with diaphyseal unicortical screws applied by local anaesthesia

“…One of the limitations of the study, regarding pain evaluation, concerns the VAS score as it is a subjective evaluation tool that grants great variability of results among patients [18][19][20].…”

“…-Increasing safety and introducing the concept of a ''portable'' ExFix might extend its use not only to a place where hospital administration needs to cut costs but also to places where an operating room is simply too hard to reach (e.g. war or disaster situations and isolated locations) [18,19,24]. -Monocortical fixation will be also applicable to other bony segments in order to facilitate intramedullary bone fixation.…”

Outcome of the management of open ankle fractures in an ortho-plastic specialist centre

“…Ankle fractures are the commonest of foot and ankle fractures, with 20% of these being open injuries [5], with a peak incidence in mid to older age women and young men [6,7]. The literature is littered with reports on the skeletal management of such injuries; however, there is a real paucity of reports detailing the management principles for the soft tissue injuries incurred in open ankle fractures, which are often missed or under-estimated [4].…”

Open Trimalleolar Fractures Treated with Ilizarov External Fixator

“…Wśród zła mań oko li cy sta wu sko ko we go i sto py, zła ma nia ko stek go le ni są naj częst szym ro dza jem złama nia w USA -55,67%. Zła ma nia trój kost ko we stano wią 10,56% zła mań tej oko li cy, a ura zy z uszko dzeniem skó ry i tka nek mięk kich sta no wią 11,55% [1].…”