... and reduced overall theater time were observed in the casting group. Casting was associated with an increased rate of asymptomatic radiographic nonunion and malunion. ankle fracture malleolar fracture unstable ankle fracture close-contact cast internal fixation Ankle Injury Management AIM trial close...

...Oxford University Press Chapter 23 reviews the mechanism of injury and clinical features, imaging strategy, imaging characteristics and classification and treatment options of ankle fractures. The Lauge-Hansen and Weber classifications for malleolar fractures are described. The Lauge-Hansen...