Is Deltoid Ligament Repair for Ankle Fracture Necessary? (AnkleFX)

Mayo Clinic

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Ankle Fracture

Treatments: Other: Ankle Fracture Without Deltoid Tendon Repair; Procedure: Repair Deltoid Tendon

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02863042

16-003179

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigator hypothesizes that primary acute ankle deltoid ligament repair can help restore ankle radiographic congruity and functional outcomes.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether stabilization with anatomic ankle deltoid ligament repair can help restore ankle congruity and improve functional outcome in patients with unstable supination-external rotation ankle fractures.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Supination-external rotation ankle fracture with deltoid ligament incompetency
• Minimum of 2 year clinical follow up

Exclusion criteria

• Non-supination-external rotation ankle fracture
• Medial malleolus fracture
• Incomplete clinical or radiographic followup.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Deltoid Tendon Repaired

Experimental group

Description:

Repair Deltoid Tendon

Treatment:

Procedure: Repair Deltoid Tendon

Ankle Fracture Without Deltoid Tendon Repair

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Ankle Fracture Without Deltoid Tendon Repair