Treatment of fractures of the talar neck with hollow compression screw via inner malleolus approach.
- Author:
Yu SU
1
;
Shou-Kun LIU
;
Qing-Shan XU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Bone Screws; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Fracture Fixation, Internal; instrumentation; Fractures, Bone; surgery; therapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neck Injuries; surgery; therapy; Pressure; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult
- From: China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2008;21(2):126-127
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore clinical effect of treatment of fractures of the talar neck with hollow compression screw via inner malleolus tomy approach.
METHODSTwelve patients with fractures of the talar neck included 7 males and 5 females with a mean age of 38 years (reaging from 20 to 56 years). According to the Hawkins classification, 8 cases were type II and 4 cases were type II. Twelve patients were treated with hollow compression screw via inner malleolustomy approach.
RESULTSAll the patients were followed up for 1 year to 6 years and 8 months (average 4 years and 5 months), all the fractures were bony union. The mean Hawkins score was excellent in 5 cases, good in 5 cases, fair in 1 case and poor in 1 case.
CONCLUSIONIt is a good method to treat the fractures of the talar neck with hollow compression screw via inner malleolus tomy approach.
