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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2025

Routine Removal of Syndesmotic Screws After Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Fixation Does Not Affect Patient Function and Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Postoperative Complications.

Błażej Grzegorz Wójtowicz, Katarzyna Chawrylak, Jędrzej Lesman, Hubert Makowski, Kacper Kuczyński, Michał Maciejowski, Antoni Raciborski-Król, Marcin Domżalski

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Buttress plating versus trans-syndesmotic stabilisation for posterolateral malleolus fractures: outcomes with early weight-bearing.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026
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Błażej Grzegorz WójtowiczDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma, Medical University of Lodz, Veteran's Memorial Hospital, Zeromskiego 113 St., 90-549 Lodz, Poland.
Katarzyna ChawrylakDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of Lublin, Radziwiłłowska 13 St., 20-080 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0009-0005-6499-1661
Jędrzej LesmanDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma, Medical University of Lodz, Veteran's Memorial Hospital, Zeromskiego 113 St., 90-549 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4545-8077
Hubert MakowskiMedical University of Lodz, Al. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0006-3561-3511
Kacper KuczyńskiMedical University of Lodz, Al. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0006-5969-9313
Michał MaciejowskiMedical University of Lodz, Al. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0009-0004-5847-9592
Antoni Raciborski-KrólMedical University of Lodz, Al. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Lodz, Poland.
Marcin DomżalskiDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma, Medical University of Lodz, Veteran's Memorial Hospital, Zeromskiego 113 St., 90-549 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1915-0773

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ankle fracturesOMASpatient-reported outcomesroutine removalsyndesmosis fixationsyndesmotic injury

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