Improved Reduction of the Tibiofibular Syndesmosis with Tightrope Compared to Screw Fixation

Category: Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Flexible fixation of the tibio-fibular syndesmosis is designed to allow increased ankle motion and to potentially improve clinical outcomes compared to screw fixation. Flexible fixation has also been suggested to improve the rate of anatomic reduction. This ran...

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Published in:	Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Main Authors:	Michel Taylor MD, MSc, BSc, David Sanders MD, Christina Tieszer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00124

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