title: Comparison of tension band wire and cancellous bone screw fixation for medial malleolar fractures.
abstract: A comparison study of the relative strength of tension-band fixation versus cancellous bone screw fixation of medial malleolar ankle fractures was performed on ten fresh-frozen lower limbs from five cadavers. The mean force recorded at clinical failure using cancellous screws was 60.98 N (range 33.49 to 117.86 N) compared with 129.30 N using tension-band fixation (range 85.20 to 194.64 N). Therefore, cancellous screws exhibited only 47.16% the strength of tension-band wiring at clinical failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Podiatric Surgery, Oakwood Hospital Downriver Center, Lincoln Park, MI 48146, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fallat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D002102:Cadaver; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged