The effect of the ankle syndesmosis reduction quality on the short-term functional outcome following ankle fractures

Kaftandziev, Igor; Bakota, Bore; Trpeski, Simon; Arsovski, Oliver; Spasov, Marko; Cretnik, Andrej

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2021.04.047

The effect of the ankle syndesmosis reduction quality on the short-term functional outcome following ankle fractures

Journal

Injury

Date Issued

2021-09

Author(s)

Bakota, Bore

Arsovski, Oliver

Cretnik, Andrej

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2021.04.047

Abstract

A few radiographic techniques have been proposed to evaluate ankle syndesmosis reduction. The purpose of this study was to analyze post-operatively with CT-scanning the quality of ankle syndesmotic reduction. Moreover, to assess the impact of quality of syndesmotic reduction to functional outcome.