[Modified 1/3 tubular plate and lag screw for the treatment of ankle fractures in elderly patients].
OBJECTIVE
To study a kind of surgical instrument for the treatment of ankle fractures in elderly patients.


METHODS
From October 2007 to May 2009, 14 patients (9 males and 5 females,ranging in age from 58 to 81 years, averaged 69.3 years) with ankle joint fractures of type A and B were treated with modified 1/3 tubular plate combined with lag screws. According to the Danis-Weber classification, 6 patients were type A and 8 patients were type B. The AOFAS criteria was used to evaluate clinical effects.


RESULTS
All the patients were followed up ranged from 12 to 18 months and healed. The time of union of fractures ranged from 10 to 16 weeks. According to the clinical assess standard of AOFAS, the average score was 88.0 +/- 2.1.


CONCLUSIONS
It is one of good choices to use modified 1/3 tubular plate and lag screws to treat ankle joint fractures in elder patients.
Department of Orthopaedics, the Integrative Medicine of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210028, Jiangsu, China. zxjiajinhui@126.com
Jin-Hui
JH
Jia
Lin
L
Xie
You-Song
YS
Hong
Geng-Qi
GQ
Wang
Ran
R
Kang
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged