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KMID : 0352819870030010059
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Kosin Medical Journal
1987 Volume.3 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.70
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Ankle Fracture
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장재호/Jang, Jae Ho
나중호/손정환/김재도/손성근/Rah, Jung Ho/Sohn, Jeong Hwan/Kim, Jae Do/Sohn, Sung Keun
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Abstract
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F ft-four-cases of the ankle fracture have been managed during the period from January 1982 to December 1985 in the department of Orfl - paedic surgery, Kosin Medical College, Gospel Hospital. The obtained resuhs, analyzed in clinical and radiological aspects, from this study were as follow.
1. The incidence was male predominant, The mean age was 39.
2. Of the 54 cases, the main cause of fracture was traffic accident, 21 cases
3. Acconfng to the classification of Lauge-Hansen, the pmnation-errtemal rotation type was the most common (38.9%).
4. Forty-one cases (76%) were treated by open reduction and others were
managed by closed reduction. The mean period of cast immobilization
after the open reduction was 8 weeks but the closed one was 10 weeks.
5. According to clinical and radiological assesment of the result, open reduction was better than the others.
6. To obtain the better result, it was essential to reduce the ankle joint anatomically.
7. L.auge-Hansen classification of the ankle fract ue was useful in treatment and assessment for prognosis, but not always.
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