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The incidence of osteoporotic ankle fractures is increasing as the population ages. These fractures are becoming more common in clinical practice and require careful management because of the higher likelihood...
A medial opening wedge supramalleolar osteotomy (SMO) introduced by Takakura et al. is a useful realignment procedure for patients with ankle joint arthritis and varus malalignment by shifting the weight-bearing...
Vaccines can cause adverse reactions, such as soreness, swelling, or redness at the injection site. Some reactions are associated with fever and rash, which are usually mild and transient, and...
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of deltoid ligament repair on syndesmotic stabilization in patients with acute ankle fractures with ruptured deltoid and syndesmotic ligaments.
Materials and Methods: The...
Purpose: Tibialis anterior tendon rupture is uncommon and usually caused by laceration. Rupture with an open window is often considered simple laceration, and thus diagnosis is often overlooked or delayed....
A ruptured Achilles tendon at the calcaneus attachment, which does not include a bone that can be fixed, is called “sleeve avulsion”. A small amount of tendon in the calcaneal...
During bone tumor resection, many cases require medial malleolar osteotomy to achieve adequate access to the operative field. Various osteotomy methods have been developed to address this issue, including oblique,...
Purpose: The present study examined the effectiveness of the preoperative ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels in predicting the healing period of amputation wounds in patients with diabetes mellitus following a non-traumatic...