족관절 골절에 대한 임상적 연구 = A Clinical Study of Ankle Fractures

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The author have reviewed 123 cases, 119 patients of the ankle fractures that were treated through the admission and out patient department in OrthoPedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, from September, 1974 to January, 1982. The summary of the results were follows :
1. Among the 123 cases, male was 94 cases (76.4%) and female was 29 cases, and the average age of the patients was 34.9 years.
2. The causes of the injury was traffic accidents, fall or slip downs, sports injuries, and industrial injuries in orders.
3. By Lauge-Hansen's classification, pronation-external rotation type and supination-adduction type were commoner than the others.
4. Open reduction and internal fixation were more commonly used in its treatment than that of the closed reduction.
5. The average duration of cast immobilization after closed reduction was 8 weeks, and that of the open reduction 6 weeks or less.
6. The results of the treatment was better in those of open reduction than those of closed reduction.
7. The clinical results could be achieved by obtaining the anatomical position of the fracture and the reduction was achieved more satisfactorily when the key role of the lateral maleolus in complete reduction well understood.
8. The overall results was more more supported by radiological results than clinical results.