Background： In treatment of ankle fracture, intraoperative stress tests are used to assess the syndesmotic injury and instability. However, the optimized timing of the strees test should be applied whether in pre- or...Background： In treatment of ankle fracture, intraoperative stress tests are used to assess the syndesmotic injury and instability. However, the optimized timing of the strees test should be applied whether in pre- or post-bony fixation during operation is seldom be reported in previous studies. The different strategies on stress test timing would exhibit opposite results within a type ofpronation-external rotation （PER） fractures with supracollicular medial malleolar （SMM） fractures. This study was designed to assess the 3-year ffmctional outcomes of the special PER fractures with or without a syndesmotic transfixation based on the results of two different intraoperative stress test strategies. Methods： This retrospective cohort study included 61 PER injury-Weber C ankle fractures combined with SMM fractures who were treated in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital between 2013 and 2014 and followed up for 3 years. Stress test was performed twice intraoperatively. A positive intraoperative stress test before bony fixation and a negative intraoperative stress test after bony fixation were found in these included patients. Twenty-nine patients （Group 1 ） were treated without a supplemental syndesmotie screw fixation, according to the negative intraoperative stress test alter bony fixation, while 32 patients （Group 2） were treated with an additional syndesmotic screw fixation based on the positive intraoperative stress test before bony fixation. The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society （AOFAS）Ankle-Hindfoot Scale and Visual Analog Scale （VAS） for pain scores were the main measurements of outcome. The statistical index of demographic data, fracture morphologic data, time interval of follow-up, AOFAS and VAS were recorded and assessed by SPSS 21.0 software through Fisher exact tests and oneway analysis of variance. The associations between the main outcomes and influential factors were evaluated by linear regression models. Results： We observed no difference in the distribution of age, sex, presence of associated posterior malleolus （PM）, fracture dislocation, and fixation of associated PM between two treatment groups. With the numbers available, no statistically significant association could be detected with regard to the AOFAS （Group 1 vs. Group 2, 96.72 ± 6.20 vs. 94.63 ± 8.26, F = 1.24, P = 0.27） and VAS （Group I vs. Group 2, 1.47 ± 2.14 vs. 0.72 ± 1.49, F = 2.44, P - 0.12） in association with two strategies. Conclusions： The present study indicates no difference to the use of the syndesmotic screw in terms of the ffinctional outcome between syndesmosis transfixation and no-fixation patients among PER-Weber C ankle fi＇acture patients with SMM fracture after 3-year ibllow-up. More attention should be paid to pre- and post-bony-fixation intraoperative stress tests and the morphology of medial malleoli fractures in ankle fractures.展开更多
BACKGROUND Maisonneuve fracture is a special type of ankle fracture that consists of proximal fibular fracture,a lesion of the inferior tibiofibular syndesmotic complex(interosseous ligament,anterior inferior tibiofib...BACKGROUND Maisonneuve fracture is a special type of ankle fracture that consists of proximal fibular fracture,a lesion of the inferior tibiofibular syndesmotic complex(interosseous ligament,anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament),and injury of the medial structure of the ankle(deltoid ligament tear or medial malleolar fracture).The accepted mechanism of Maisonneuve fracture is pronation external rotation according to the Lauge-Hansen classification.In this paper,we report a rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture,which has the characteristics of both pronation external rotation ankle fracture and supination adduction ankle fracture.CASE SUMMARY A 31-year-old female patient accidentally sprained her right ankle while walking 5 d before hospitalization in our hospital.The patient was initially missed in other hospitals and later rediagnosed in our outpatient department.Full-length radiographs of the lower leg revealed proximal fibula fracture,inferior tibiofibular joint separation,and medial malleolar fracture involving the posterior malleolus,which was also revealed on computed tomography scans.Magnetic resonance imaging revealed rupture of the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and anterior talofibular ligament.We diagnosed a rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture with proximal fibular fracture,inferior tibiofibular joint separation,medial malleolar fracture and ruptures of the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and anterior talofibular ligament.The patient underwent open reduction and internal fixation in our hospital.A 6-mo postoperative follow-up confirmed a good clinical outcome.CONCLUSION To our knowledge,this rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture has not been previously described.The possible mechanism of injury is supination adduction combined with pronation external rotation.Careful analysis of the injury mechanism of Maisonneuve fracture is of great clinical significance and can better guide clinical treatment.展开更多
文摘Background： In treatment of ankle fracture, intraoperative stress tests are used to assess the syndesmotic injury and instability. However, the optimized timing of the strees test should be applied whether in pre- or post-bony fixation during operation is seldom be reported in previous studies. The different strategies on stress test timing would exhibit opposite results within a type ofpronation-external rotation （PER） fractures with supracollicular medial malleolar （SMM） fractures. This study was designed to assess the 3-year ffmctional outcomes of the special PER fractures with or without a syndesmotic transfixation based on the results of two different intraoperative stress test strategies. Methods： This retrospective cohort study included 61 PER injury-Weber C ankle fractures combined with SMM fractures who were treated in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital between 2013 and 2014 and followed up for 3 years. Stress test was performed twice intraoperatively. A positive intraoperative stress test before bony fixation and a negative intraoperative stress test after bony fixation were found in these included patients. Twenty-nine patients （Group 1 ） were treated without a supplemental syndesmotie screw fixation, according to the negative intraoperative stress test alter bony fixation, while 32 patients （Group 2） were treated with an additional syndesmotic screw fixation based on the positive intraoperative stress test before bony fixation. The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society （AOFAS）Ankle-Hindfoot Scale and Visual Analog Scale （VAS） for pain scores were the main measurements of outcome. The statistical index of demographic data, fracture morphologic data, time interval of follow-up, AOFAS and VAS were recorded and assessed by SPSS 21.0 software through Fisher exact tests and oneway analysis of variance. The associations between the main outcomes and influential factors were evaluated by linear regression models. Results： We observed no difference in the distribution of age, sex, presence of associated posterior malleolus （PM）, fracture dislocation, and fixation of associated PM between two treatment groups. With the numbers available, no statistically significant association could be detected with regard to the AOFAS （Group 1 vs. Group 2, 96.72 ± 6.20 vs. 94.63 ± 8.26, F = 1.24, P = 0.27） and VAS （Group I vs. Group 2, 1.47 ± 2.14 vs. 0.72 ± 1.49, F = 2.44, P - 0.12） in association with two strategies. Conclusions： The present study indicates no difference to the use of the syndesmotic screw in terms of the ffinctional outcome between syndesmosis transfixation and no-fixation patients among PER-Weber C ankle fi＇acture patients with SMM fracture after 3-year ibllow-up. More attention should be paid to pre- and post-bony-fixation intraoperative stress tests and the morphology of medial malleoli fractures in ankle fractures.
文摘BACKGROUND Maisonneuve fracture is a special type of ankle fracture that consists of proximal fibular fracture,a lesion of the inferior tibiofibular syndesmotic complex(interosseous ligament,anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament),and injury of the medial structure of the ankle(deltoid ligament tear or medial malleolar fracture).The accepted mechanism of Maisonneuve fracture is pronation external rotation according to the Lauge-Hansen classification.In this paper,we report a rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture,which has the characteristics of both pronation external rotation ankle fracture and supination adduction ankle fracture.CASE SUMMARY A 31-year-old female patient accidentally sprained her right ankle while walking 5 d before hospitalization in our hospital.The patient was initially missed in other hospitals and later rediagnosed in our outpatient department.Full-length radiographs of the lower leg revealed proximal fibula fracture,inferior tibiofibular joint separation,and medial malleolar fracture involving the posterior malleolus,which was also revealed on computed tomography scans.Magnetic resonance imaging revealed rupture of the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and anterior talofibular ligament.We diagnosed a rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture with proximal fibular fracture,inferior tibiofibular joint separation,medial malleolar fracture and ruptures of the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and anterior talofibular ligament.The patient underwent open reduction and internal fixation in our hospital.A 6-mo postoperative follow-up confirmed a good clinical outcome.CONCLUSION To our knowledge,this rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture has not been previously described.The possible mechanism of injury is supination adduction combined with pronation external rotation.Careful analysis of the injury mechanism of Maisonneuve fracture is of great clinical significance and can better guide clinical treatment.
