A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Intramedullary Hindfoot Nailing in Elderly Patients with Unstable Ankle Fractures

Grazette A, El Gamal T and Nikolaides Ap
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El Gamal T: PGCertMedEd University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry, UK
Nikolaides Ap: Birmingham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Birmingham UK

Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, 2018, vol. 12, issue 5, 97-103

Abstract: Ankle fractures are a common orthopaedic injury accounting for 9% of fractures [1]. As with the majority of trauma, there is a bimodal distribution of incidence with peaks in young males and elderly females [2]. Treatment principles are to hold the ankle in a reduced position for long enough to allow bony union. If this can’t be adequately achieved with a plaster then surgical intervention is routinely undertaken and traditionally achieved with plate osteosynthesis. However, as the average age of the population increases, fragility fractures are becoming more common.

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DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2018.12.555850

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