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Abstract
We assessed the role of fibular length and the width of the ankle mortise as risk factors in the occurrence of post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the ankle joint by comparison of radiographs of the affected and unaffected sides. A shortened fibular malleolus (P < 0.01), a wide ankle mortise (P < 0.01) and Weber type B fracture (P < 0.01) were significantly associated with the development of osteoarthrosis but an elongated fibular (P > 0.05) and a narrowing of the ankle mortise (P > 0.07) were not.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 10093801 PMCID: PMC3619680 DOI: 10.1007/s002640050277
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Orthop ISSN: 0341-2695 Impact factor: 3.075