Surgical versus conservative interventions for treating ankle fractures in adults

2012145 citationsReviewbronze Open Access

Authors

C.C.M.A. Donken · Radboud University Nijmegen

Hesham Al-Khateeb · Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

M.H.J. Verhofstad · Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis

Cornelis JHM van Laarhoven · Radboud University Nijmegen

Abstract

There is currently insufficient evidence to conclude whether surgical or conservative treatment produces superior long-term outcomes for ankle fractures in adults. The identification of several ongoing randomised trials means that better evidence to inform this question is likely to be available in future.

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Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Bone fractures and treatments

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Published in: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volume 2012, Issue 8, pp. CD008470-CD008470

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd008470.pub2

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