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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Ankle syndesmotic reconstruction in chronic ankle syndesmotic injury.

Khalid Sharafeldin, Mohammed Eltinay, Mohammed Al Qahtani, Sultan M Alblaui

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chronic syndesmotic instability - Current evidence on management.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Khalid SharafeldinOrthopaedic Department, King Abdulaziz Airbase Hospital, Dhahran, Eastern State, Saudi Arabia knsharaf@gmail.com.
Mohammed EltinayOrthopaedic Department, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Eastern State, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Al QahtaniOrthopaedic Department, King Abdulaziz Airbase Hospital, Dhahran, Eastern State, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan M AlblauiOrthopaedic Department, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Eastern State, Saudi Arabia.
Orthopaedic Center · USKing Abdulaziz Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute syndesmotic injury is a common problem treated with different surgical tools. If not managed appropriately, it can lead to chronic ankle syndesmotic insufficiency. Chronic syndesmotic insufficiency is challenging to diagnose, and the patient can suffer for a long time. There is no consensus in previous literature on the surgical treatment of chronic syndesmotic injury. We present a case of personnel who suffered from chronic syndesmotic injury treated by syndesmotic reconstruction 5 years after his ankle fracture dislocation and returned to his work. This case highlights the importance of a CT scan post-reduction of an acute syndesmotic injury to assess accurate reduction, especially in severe injuries with frank diastasis.

Indexed as

Ankle FracturesAnkle InjuriesJoint DislocationsAnkleAnkle JointFracture Fixation, InternalHumansOrthopaedic and trauma surgeryOrthopaedicsSurgical diagnostic testsTrauma

Identifiers

PMID37041043
PMCPMC10106000
OpenAlexW4364378654

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