Arthroscopic evaluation of acute unstable ankle fractures performed in conjunction with open reduction and internal fixation did not appear to have an effect on the patient-reported function at mid-term follow-up, but investigators used arthroscopy to perform intra-articular treatments that would have been impossible to carry out otherwise, according to an investigator from Chicago.
During a presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here, Daniel J. Fuchs, MD, said arthroscopy added about 15 extra minutes of surgical time when patients were treated for unable ankle fractures, and this additional step was not associated with complications.
Source: Healio