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Management of ankle fractures in the elderly.
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- An overview on the treatment and outcome factors of ankle fractures in elderly men and women aged 80 and over: a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Fixing geriatric ankle fractures: fibular nail versus locking plate in a prospective multicenter study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Trial
- [Evaluation and risk assessment of geriatric ankle fractures? : What must be considered?]Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Aftercare of Ankle Fractures.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Preoperative Cannabis Use and Ankle ORIF Outcomes: Higher Risks of Infection, Nonunion, and Reoperation.Foot & ankle international · 2026Article
- Percutaneous Tibiotalocalcaneal Nailing in Fragility Ankle Fractures of the Elderly: A Single-Center Case Series.Cureus · 2025Article
- Bioinspired injectable hydrogels for bone regeneration.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Rehabilitation After Lower Limb Fracture Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Chronic syndesmotic instability - Current evidence on management.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2024Article
- Treatment strategies for complex ankle fractures-current developments summarized in a narrative review.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Review
- High-risk ankle fractures in high-risk older patients: to fix or nail?Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Complications following surgical treatment of posterior malleolar fractures: an analysis of 300 cases.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Calcium Phosphate Cements as Carriers of Functional Substances for the Treatment of Bone Tissue.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Ankle fractures of the geriatric patient: a narrative review.EFORT open reviews · 2023Review
- [Postprimary early elective total arthroplasty in severe ankle fractures].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Retrograde tibiotalocalcaneal nailing for the treatment of acute ankle fractures in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EFORT open reviews · 2022Review
- Ankle fractures involving the posterior malleolus: patient characteristics and 7-year results in 100 cases.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Ankle fractures in Finland: 118,929 operatively treated between 1987 and 2019.Acta orthopaedica · 2022Article
- Increasing age and modifiable comorbidities are associated with short-term complications after open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2022Article
- Closed Fracture Treatment in Adults, When is it Still Relevant?Spartan medical research journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
The incidence and severity of ankle fractures in elderly patients is increasing steadily. These injuries are challenging to treat and prone to complications.Individual fracture treatment is tailored depending on bone quality, skin conditions, comorbidities, and functional demand of the patient. This article provides a review of current techniques to obtain stable fixation despite poor bone quality. To avoid complications, it is imperative to consider and treat comorbidities such as diabetes and osteoporosis.In the absence of severe systemic comorbidities, the results after open reduction and internal fixation of malleolar fractures in patients above and below 60 years of age are nearly identical, while nonoperative treatment of unstable fractures leads to significantly inferior outcomes. Therefore, the general indications for surgery in elderly patients should not differ from those in younger patients.However, it is essential to detect severe conditions such as Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy because these require a completely different treatment regime, and standard internal fixation will invariably fail in these patients. Cite this article: Rammelt S. Management of ankle fractures in the elderly.
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