ReviewEFORT open reviews2021
Ankle fractures in children.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Reliability and clinical utility of paediatric ankle fracture classifications : a systematic review.Bone & joint open · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative outcomes of Kirschner wire and lag screw fixation in pediatric medial malleolar fractures.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Utility of computed tomography in children's ankle fractures from classification to surgical planning.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Article
- Atypical Triplane Ankle Fracture - Antero-Medial Epiphyseal Separation and the Unfused Growth Plate: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Management of Pediatric Supination-inversion Ankle Injuries Involving Distal Tibia and Intraepiphyseal Distal Fibula Fractures.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ankle fractures are common in children, and they have specific implications in that patient population due to frequent involvement of the physis in a bone that has growth potential and unique biomechanical properties.Characteristic patterns are typically evident in relation to the state of osseous development of the segment, and to an extent these are age-dependent.In a specific type known as transitional fractures - which occur in children who are progressing to a mature skeleton -a partial physeal closure is evident, which produces multiplanar fracture patterns.Computed tomography should be routine in injuries with joint involvement, both to assess the level of displacement and to facilitate informed surgical planning.The therapeutic objectives should be to achieve an adequate functional axis of the ankle without articular gaps, and to protect the physis in order to avoid growth alterations.Conservative management can be utilized for non-displaced fractures in conjunction with strict radiological monitoring, but surgery should be considered for fractures involving substantial physeal or joint displacement, in order to achieve the therapeutic goals. Cite this article:
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