SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF BIMALLEOLAR FRACTURES OF ANKLE IN ADULTS

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Dr. Wasim Ahmed, Dr. Nishant Kashyap, Dr. Indrajeet Kumar, Dr. Santosh Kumar

Background:Malleolar fractures are the most common lower extremity fractures. These injuries are important,

because the whole body weight is transmitted through then ankle, and locomotion depends on the stability of the

ankle. Open reduction and internal 􀃶xation have become the mainstay of treatment for most of the bimalleolar fractures, as these operative

procedures restores the anatomy, biomechanics and contact loading characteristics of the ankle.

Objectives:To study the functional outcome of surgically treated bimalleolar fractures of ankle in adults.

Methods:A prospective study of 40 cases of bimalleolar fractures of ankle in adults, managed surgically by various techniques in IGIMS,

Patna, Bihar, satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria were studied. The functional outcome was evaluated using the Biard and

Jackson‘s ankle scoring system.

Results:In our study we achieved 82.5% excellent to good results, 12.5% fair results, 5% poor results. The results were comparable to other

studies.