TY - JOUR
T1 - Tightrope walking
T2 - A new technique in ankle syndesmosis fixation
AU - Petscavage, Jonelle M.
AU - Perez, Francisco
AU - Khorashadi, Leila
AU - Richardson, Michael L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2010 The Authors.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Over the past few years, several studies have demonstrated favorable clinical outcomes and low complication rates using the ankle Tightrope® syndesmosis fixation system. The traditional surgical procedure of screw fixation for syndesmosis injury is associated with high complication rates of loosening, screw fracture, nonanatomic fixation, and postoperative syndesmotic diastasis. It is expected that the Tightrope® technique will become more common practice given the recent successful reports, so it is important for radiologists to be aware of this novel surgical technique and its imaging appearance.
AB - Over the past few years, several studies have demonstrated favorable clinical outcomes and low complication rates using the ankle Tightrope® syndesmosis fixation system. The traditional surgical procedure of screw fixation for syndesmosis injury is associated with high complication rates of loosening, screw fracture, nonanatomic fixation, and postoperative syndesmotic diastasis. It is expected that the Tightrope® technique will become more common practice given the recent successful reports, so it is important for radiologists to be aware of this novel surgical technique and its imaging appearance.
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U2 - 10.2484/rcr.v5i1.354
DO - 10.2484/rcr.v5i1.354
M3 - Article
C2 - 27307846
AN - SCOPUS:84973154787
SN - 1930-0433
VL - 5
SP - 354
JO - Radiology Case Reports
JF - Radiology Case Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 354
ER -