Soft Tissue Repair in Supination-External Rotation IV Ankle Fractures

Achieving optimal functional outcomes while preventing posttraumatic ankle arthritis in patients with unstable ankle fractures remains challenging for orthopedic surgeons. The rate of syndesmotic malreduction is alarmingly high after transsyndesmotic screw fixation. The senior author introduced an alternative to transsyndesmotic screw fixation with anatomic approach to bone and ligament repair. Here we review the development of this approach and present the technique of repairing soft tissue structures in unstable ankle fractures.
Source: Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Special Focus: Soft Tissue Reconstruction in the Foot and Ankle Source Type: research