The treatment of unstable fractures of the ankle using the Acumed fibular nail: Development of a technique

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1107-1112

  Bugler, K E ^a   Watson, C D ^a   Hardie, A R ^a   Appleton, P ^a,b   McQueen, M M ^a   Court Brown, C M ^a   White, T O ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBULAR NAIL; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864650133     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B8.28620     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Court-Brown CM, McBirnie J, Wilson G. Adult ankle fractures: an increasing problem? Acta Orthop 1998;69:43-47. (Pubitemid 28105160)
2. Koval KJ, Lurie J, Zhou W, et al. Ankle fractures in the elderly: what you get depends on where you live and who you see. J Orthop Trauma 2005;19:635-639. (Pubitemid 41598080)
3. Kannus P, Palvanen M, Niemi S, Parkkari J, Järvinen M. Increasing number and incidence of low-trauma ankle fractures in elderly people: Finnish statistics during 1970-2000 and projections for the future. Bone 2002;31:430-433. (Pubitemid 35299625)
4. Lamontagne J, Blachut PA, Broekhuyse HM, O'Brien PJ, Meek RN. Surgical treatment of a displaced lateral malleolus fracture: the antiglide technique versus lateral plate fixation. J Orthop Trauma 2002;16:498-502.
5. Höiness P, Engebretsen L, Strömsöe K. The influence of perioperative soft tissue complications on the clinical outcome in surgically treated ankle fractures. Foot Ankle Int 2001;22:642-648. (Pubitemid 32781393)
6. McKenna PB, O'Shea K, Burke T. Less is more: lag screw only fixation of lateral malleolar fractures. Int Orthop 2007;31:497-502. (Pubitemid 47101367)
7. Beauchamp CG, Clay NR, Thexton PW. Displaced ankle fractures in patients over 50 years of age. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 1983;65-B:329-332. (Pubitemid 13134299)
8. Anderson SA, Li X, Franklin P, Wixted JJ. Ankle fractures in the elderly: initial and long-term outcomes. Foot Ankle Int 2008;29:1184-1188.
9. Wukich DK, Joseph A, Ryan M, Ramirez C, Irrgang JJ. Outcomes of ankle fractures in patients with uncomplicated versus complicated diabetes. Foot Ankle Int 2011;32:120-130.
10. Appleton P, McQueen M, Court-Brown C. The fibula nail for treatment of ankle fractures in elderly and high risk patients. Tech Foot Ankle 2006;5:204-208. (Pubitemid 44379413)
11. Lee YS, Huang HL, Lo TY, Huang CR. Lateral fixation of AO type-B2 ankle fractures in the elderly: the Knowles pin versus the plate. Int Orthop 2007;31:817-821.
12. Smith G, Wallace R, Findlater G, White T. The fibular nail: a biomechanical study [abstract]. Procs Seventh SICOT/SIROT Anuual International Conference, Gothenburg, 2010.
13. Ramasamy PR, Sherry P. The role of a fibular nail in the management of Weber type B ankle fractures in elderly patients with osteoporotic bone: a preliminary report. Injury 2001;32:477-485. (Pubitemid 32706470)
14. Rajeev A, Senevirathna S, Radha S, Kashayap NS. Functional outcomes after fibula locking nail for fragility fractures of the ankle. J Foot Ankle Surg 2011;50:547-550.
15. McLennan JG, Ungersma JA. A new approach to the treatment of ankle fractures: the Inyo nail. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1986;213:125-136. (Pubitemid 17187806)
16. Ware J Jr, Kosinski M, Keller SD. A 12-item short-form health survey: construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Med Care 1996;34:220-233. (Pubitemid 126433231)
17. Olerud C, Molander H. A scoring scale for symptom evaluation after ankle fracture. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 1984;103:190-194. (Pubitemid 14032126)
18. Johanson NA, Liang MH, Daltroy L, Rudicel S, Richmond J. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons lower limb outcomes assessment instruments: reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2004;86-A:902-909. (Pubitemid 38619787)
19. Kaplan EL, Meier P. Nonparametric-estimation from incomplete observations. J Am Stat Assoc 1958;53:457-481.
20. Nåsell H, Ottosson C, Törnqvist H, Lindé J, Ponzer S. The impact of smoking on complications after operatively treated ankle fractures: a follow-up study of 906 patients. J Orthop Trauma 2011;25:748-755.
21. Tornetta P 3rd, Creevy W. Lag screw only fixation of the lateral malleolus. J Orthop Trauma 2001;15:119-121. (Pubitemid 33599814)
22. Zahn RK, Frey S, Jakubietz RG, et al. A contoured locking plate for distal fibular fractures in osteoporotic bone: a biomechanical cadaver study. Injury 2011:Epub.
23. Schepers T, Van Lieshout EM, De Vries MR, Van der Elst M. Increased rates of wound complications with locking plates in distal fibular fractures. Injury 2011;42:1125-1129.
24. Hess F, Sommer C. Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of the distal fibula with the locking compression plate: first experience of 20 cases. J Orthop Trauma 2011;25:110-115.
25. Pritchett JW. Rush rods versus plate osteosyntheses for unstable ankle fractures in the elderly. Orthop Rev 1993;22:691-696. (Pubitemid 23176106)
26. Shah NH, Sundaram RO, Velusamy A, Braithwaite IJ. Five-year functional outcome analysis of ankle fracture fixation. Injury 2007;38:1308-1312. (Pubitemid 350046564)
27. Yang E, Wu Y, Dorcil J. Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of the SE4-equivalent ankle fracture: a retrospective functional outcome study. Orthopedics 2011;34.:.
28. Lauge-Hansen N. Fractures of the ankle. II: combined experimental- surgical and experimental-roentgenologic investigations. Arch Surg 1950;60:957-985.
29. Hunsaker FG, Cioffi DA, Amadio PC, Wright JG, Caughlin B. The American academy of orthopaedic surgeons outcomes instruments: normative values from the general population. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2002;84-A:208-215. (Pubitemid 37127481)
30. Bois AJ, Dust W. Posterior fracture dislocation of the ankle: technique and clinical experience using a posteromedial surgical approach. J Orthop Trauma 2008;22:629-636.
31. Gardner MJ, Streubel PN, McCormick JJ, et al. Surgeon practices regarding operative treatment of posterior malleolus fractures. Foot Ankle Int 2011;32:385-393.