Morbidity associated with ORIF of intra-articular @entity8546 XXXX using a lateral approach.

@entity1 @entity174 @entity8546 @entity9066 @entity281 @entity7334
This is a review of 183 @entity1 with 218 displaced @entity7334 of the @entity8546 treated by open reduction and internal fixation. One hundred and ninety four (89%) wounds underwent primary uneventful healing. Twenty-four wounds (11%) required local wound care. One @entity281 occurred in a neuropathic foot that required below-knee amputation. No free-tissue transfers, local tissue flaps or skin grafts were needed in @entity1 who presented initially with a closed @entity174 . Ninety-five @entity174 (43.5%) required subsequent surgical procedures (hardware removal-88/95 [93% of secondary procedures]). Six @entity1 (2.8%) had postoperative sural nerve findings. Seventeen procedures other than hardware removal were performed. There were five subtalar fusions including two subtalar distraction bone-block arthrodeses. There were seven claw toe correction procedures, four @entity9066 for varus malunions and one subtalar arthrolysis at the time of hardware removal. These results suggest internal fixation of displaced intra-articular @entity8546 @entity174 using a single lateral approach is a safe, reliable method of treatment.
