Introduction/Purpose: Acute ankle fractures are a common injury and represent a significant
financial burden to the healthcare system. Reimbursement following ankle fractures is …

Ankle fractures are common orthopedic injuries with favorable outcomes when managed
with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF). Several patient-related risk factors may …

Objective: The purpose was to calculate the incidence rates and determine risk factors for 30-
day postoperative mortality and morbidity after ankle fracture open reduction and internal …

Background: As orthopaedic surgery moves toward bundled payments, there is growing
interest in identifying patients at high risk of early postoperative adverse events. The …

Background Ankle fractures are common and can be associated with severe morbidity. Risk
factors for short-term adverse events and readmission after open reduction and internal …

Objectives Postoperative implant-related complications (IRC) such as breakage or device
failure are uncommon (< 3%) in patients with ankle fracture treated surgically. Clinical …

Category: Trauma; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: Ankle fractures are common orthopedic
injuries with complication rates fixation of up to 40%. Limited evidence exists in the literature …

The current relative value units (RVU)-based system is built to reflect the varying
presentation of ankle fractures (uni-malleolar vs bi-malleolar vs tri-malleolar) by assigning …

Category: Ankle, Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Tri-malleolar fractures, as compared to
simple uni-malleolar fractures, are technically more challenging cases, have longer …

Introduction Risk factors associated with various adverse outcomes for patients undergoing
open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of the ankle, and how these risks differ between …