Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
University of Tennessee
With
Southeastern Fracture Consortium
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Skeletally mature patients ≥ 18 years of age with acute, closed bimalleolar and/or trimalleolar ankle fractures
Operative fixation of the ankle fracture is within 3 weeks from date of injury
Bimalleolar and/or trimalleolar ankle fractures in which the medial malleolus fragment is greater than 1.7cm wide on lateral x-ray imaging
Bimalleolar and/or trimalleolar ankle fractures in which the posterior malleolus fragment is less than 20% of the depth of the tibial articular surface
You may not be if
Skeletally immature patients \< 18 years of age
Single malleolar ankle fractures
Open fractures
Operative fixation of the ankle fracture is more than 3 weeks from date of injury
Bimalleolar and/or trimalleolar fractures in which the medial malleolar fragment is less than or equal to 1.7cm wide on lateral x-ray imaging
Bimalleolar and/or trimalleolar ankle fractures in which the posterior malleolus fragment is greater than or equal to 20% of the depth of the tibial articular surface
Ankles with previous fractures of the medial and/or lateral malleolus requiring operative intervention
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