ALLMedicine™ Ankle Fracture Center

Feb 1st, 2023 - During the past decade, US orthopedic residency graduates have become increasingly subspecialized presumably for decreased patient complications; however, no study has examined this clinical utility for foot and ankle (F&A) surgeries among differe...

Jan 31st, 2023 - The pilot study was designed as a prospective, nonrandomized trial for the treatment of displaced fractures of the medial malleolus with a lean, REE-free, Mg-based biodegradable implant in the adult skeleton. The trial was conducted according to t...

Jan 30th, 2023 - The distal tibiofibular syndesmosis (DTS) is a fretting joint and it is still a hot issue how to satisfy strong internal fixation while allowing fretting. This study described and evaluated a new method for elastic fixation of DTS injury with Nice...

Jan 27th, 2023 - Ankle fractures involving the posterior malleolus are a relatively common injuries, but various surgical approaches are still being introduced, and the selection of an appropriate surgical method is still controversial. The aim of this study was t...

Jan 26th, 2023 - To investigate trends in incidence rates (IRs) at various fracture sites for patients with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes compared with patients without diabetes in Denmark in 1997-2017. Patients aged ≥18 years with a vertebral, hip, humerus,...

Nov 7th, 2020 - Ankle fractures remain the third most common musculoskeletal injury in the elderly population. The presence of osteoporosis, significant multiple comorbidities and limited functional independence makes treatment of such injuries challenging. Early...

Jan 31st, 2023 - The pilot study was designed as a prospective, nonrandomized trial for the treatment of displaced fractures of the medial malleolus with a lean, REE-free, Mg-based biodegradable implant in the adult skeleton. The trial was conducted according to t...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Ankle fractures constitute 9% of all fractures and have an incidence of approximately 187 per 100,000 persons per year in Norway. Weber B fractures are the most common type of fracture of the fibula. A posterior malleolar fragment (PMF) is present...

Jan 6th, 2023 - Background and Purpose: Ankle fractures represent one of the most common fractures in North America. Surgical fixation is often required in the presence of dislocation or instability and has been shown to have a high rate of success. Following sur...

Dec 22nd, 2022 - Surgical Technique The operation requires the patient positioned supine with a sandbag beneath the ipsilateral buttock to internally rotate the leg to permit the ankle and foot to sit in neutral. Appropriate antibiotics as per local guidelines sho...

Nov 17th, 2022 - Operatively managed diabetic ankle fractures have significant risk for complications. The cause for failure is likely multifactorial, however, a component of failure has to do with an inability to process pain and pressure normally. This loss of p...

Apr 6th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Intra-wound vancomycin powder reduces gram-positive infection in operatively treated high-risk tibia fractures, according to an open-label randomized clinical trial. "Patients with a fracture around the knee or ankle fa...

Dec 5th, 2020 - Father Arthur Humphrey Case Description In summer 2008, Roman Catholic parish priest Father Arthur Humphrey presented with a hemorrhagic pigmented lesion on his back. Three months after the lesion was removed, he developed right arm lymphadeno...

Jun 8th, 2020 - Foot and ankle injuries are among the most common conditions evaluated at primary care visits; the differential diagnosis of such injury is broad. 1 Although many of these injuries are easily identified on imaging studies, a number of subtle, yet i.

Feb 28th, 2019 - In May 2014, a 70-year-old retiree underwent repair of a fracture of her left ankle. The procedure was performed at a local hospital.

Sep 13th, 2018 - RESULTS In total, 350 offices were contacted across 8 states (4 states with and 4 states without expanded Medicaid eligibility) of which we identified 245 orthopedic surgeons who would surgically treat ankle fractures. The 245 surgeons’ offices we.