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KMID : 0361619710060040321
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Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1971 Volume.6 No. 4 p.321 ~ p.328
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A Clinical Analysis of Supination-outward-rotation Injuries of the Ankle
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Abstract
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78 cases of ankle fracture are experienced and especially 25 cases of supination-outward rotation
injuries treated during the period from January 1959 to October 1970 were analyed.
1) 17 cases of male and 8 cases of female, and 11 caces in right side and remaider in left side.
2) According to the Lauge-Hansen´s classification, 5 cases in type II, and 20 cases in type IV.
3) Conservative treatment was given in 8 cases and open reduction in 17 cases.
4) A comparison has been made between functional results treated by conservative treatment and open reduction; satisfactory results were obtained in 3 cases of type II and I case of type IV by conservative treatment. I case of type II and 14 cases of type IV by open reduction.
5) Time of complete healing by bony union were 7. 8 weeks in conservative treatment and 9.3 weeks in open reduction.
6) Wound infection, necrosis of wound edge and pseudoarthrosis were noted as post-operative complications.
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