Evaluation of Management of Malleolar Fractures of Ankle Joint

Outcome of Surgical Management of Bimalleolar Fractures in Adults

“…Time taken for union depends on various factors and has been around 10.4 weeks as reported by Motwani et al [18] while a longer duration of 13 weeks has been reported by Kulloli et al [19]. Mean time for the union was 10.6 weeks in our study population with a range of 8-14 weeks, which was similar to the study by Motwani et al [18].…”

“…Greater proportion (43.3%) of our study population was in 19-30 years age group. Available reports show male preponderance as in a study by Baird and Jackson (70.0%) [12] and studies by Indian authors [18][19][20]; our study population showed male preponderance (83.3%). However, few studies reported female predominance [2,16,17].…”

“…Road traffic injuries are the frequent cause of ankle fracture [17][18][19], and this is again proven in our study. In contrast, Maruthi et al [20] report fall as the main cause of fracture, which was the second common cause in our study and in other previous studies [17][18][19].…”

“…In contrast, Maruthi et al [20] report fall as the main cause of fracture, which was the second common cause in our study and in other previous studies [17][18][19]. Right ankle was the most commonly involved joint in our study similar to the previous reports [2,16,18,20] while; there are reports where in left side was the most commonly involved joint [12,19].…”

“…Motwani et al [18] reported the mean age of their study population as 39.28 years, while Kulloli et al [19] report a higher mean age of 56.45 years. In contrast, Maruthi et al report a lower mean age of 28.8 years [20].…”