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A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Intramedullary Hindfoot Nailing in Elderly Patients with Unstable Ankle Fractures

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  • Grazette A
  • El Gamal T

    (PGCertMedEd University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry, UK)

  • Nikolaides AP

    (Birmingham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Birmingham UK)

Abstract

Ankle fractures are a common orthopaedic injury accounting for 9% of fractures [1]. As with the majority of trauma, there is a bimodal distribution of incidence with peaks in young males and elderly females [2]. Treatment principles are to hold the ankle in a reduced position for long enough to allow bony union. If this can’t be adequately achieved with a plaster then surgical intervention is routinely undertaken and traditionally achieved with plate osteosynthesis. However, as the average age of the population increases, fragility fractures are becoming more common.

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  • Grazette A & El Gamal T & Nikolaides AP, 2018. "A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Intramedullary Hindfoot Nailing in Elderly Patients with Unstable Ankle Fractures," Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 12(5), pages 97-103, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joroaj:v:12:y:2018:i:5:p:97-103
    DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2018.12.555850
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