Evaluation of Results of Extraperiosteal Plating of Pronation-Abduction Ankle Fractures in Adults

Abstract

Mobile : +88 01712 27 64 87 Email : tafhimekf@yahoo.com Abstract Background: Pronation-abduction ankle fractures frequently are associated with substantial lateral comminution and is associated with the highest rates of nonunion among indirect ankle fractures. It is one of the common injuries occurring in adult age group where trauma is the main etiology. The present prospective hospital based observational study was conducted to evaluate the functional outcome of treatment of ankle fracture by extraperiosteal plating in a series of patients with pronation-abduction ankle fractures.