ReviewEFORT open reviews2023
Ankle fractures in the elderly: Do we have new concepts?
Review in EFORT open reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- [Adjunctive therapies in geriatric ankle fracture patients].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Aftercare of Ankle Fractures.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Epidemiology and Management of Ankle Fractures Prior to, During, and Following the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Italian Tertiary Hospital.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Screw and absorbable suture tension band technique for geriatric weber type A lateral malleolus fractures.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Surgically treated ankle fractures in Sweden: a 15-year population-based study of 96 015 surgeries.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Observational
- Modern anatomical locking plates are associated with increased postoperative wound complications and unplanned surgical revisions compared to standard tubular plates in the management of unstable ankle fractures: a comparative cohort study in 595 patients.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- Hindfoot Nailing for Surgical Management of Open Ankle Fractures in the Elderly: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Multiple fractures after low-energy trauma in an immunosuppressed lung transplant patient with severe osteoporotic bone texture-a challenge for traumatology and osteology.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- The role of Ottawa ankle rules in geriatric emergency department visits.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2024Article
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Abstract
The relevance of geriatric ankle fractures is continuously increasing. Treatment of these patients remains challenging and requires adapted diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, as compliance to partial weight bearing is difficult to maintain compared to younger patients. In addition, in the elderly even low impact injuries may lead to severe soft tissue trauma, influencing timing and operative strategies. Recently, the direct posterolateral approach and plate fixation techniques, angular stable implants as well as intramedullary nailing of the distal fibula have been found to improve stategical concepts. This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the diagnostic and recent aspects with respect to how this difficult entity of injuries should be approached.
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