True Antiglide Fixation of Weber B Ankle Fractures has Lower Rates of Removal of Hardware
Category: Trauma; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: Plating of unstable OTA/AO 44-B1 lateral malleolus fractures has been associated with pain, peroneal irritation, and subsequent hardware removal. There has been speculation that this is due to the prominent plate and distal screw placement. Previous stud...
Main Authors: | Graham J. DeKeyser MD, Patrick Kellam MD, Thomas F. Higgins, David Rothberg, Justin Haller, Lucas S. Marchand |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-10-01
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Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011420S00192 |
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