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[Classification and treatment of syndesmotic injury].
Zhongguo Gu Shang = China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2018 Februrary 26
The distal tibiofibular syndesmosis is a critical structure in maintaining the ankle stability. Syndesmotic injuries are usually associated with ankle fractures and high fibula fractures. Non-isolated and partially isolated syndesmotic injuries are involved in unstable injuries, which need to operative treatment. Partially isolated syndesmotic injuries belong to stable injuries, which should be treated with non-operative management. It is becoming clear that early fixation and stabilization for unstable injuries are probably better than non-treatment or delayed treatment. It still remains without consensus of accurately defining stable from unstable injuries and sufficiently differentiating between acute and chronic injuries. Because of stability, fixation type, and duration, the clinical efficacy is different. Screw fixation is a gold standard treatment of syndesmotic injury. However, it remains controversial that whether removal of the syndesmotic screw is required and effect of the level of syndesmotic screw insertion, limited micro-movement is one of disadvantages of screw fixation. Micro-movement of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis has been paid more and more attention. Dynamic fixation is a viable alternative to the static fixation device, with lower re-operation rates and less complications, which has obtained a great short-term clinical efficacy. However, further long-term studies should be carried out to confirm this clinical efficacy. Optimized treatment strategies considering stability of syndesmotic injury, duration, and fixation type can help to improve clinical efficacy.
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