VIDEO: Consider implant selection, diabetes in older patients with ankle fractures

ByDaniel Scott Horowitz, MD

ByKristine Houck, MA, ELS

Fact checked byGina Brockenbrough, MA

Key takeaways:

Carefully consider implant selection in patients with ankle fractures who are older and osteopenic.
Consider diabetes control in these patients who have peripheral neuropathy.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Daniel S. Horowitz, MD, discussed the management of older patients with common ankle fractures who are osteopenic, diabetic or neuropathic.

“Some of the techniques and tips and tricks that we discuss and will be discussing today [are] appropriate implant selection, especially in the elderly osteopenic patients,” he said. “The other thing that we see a lot of, especially in central Pennsylvania, [is] poorly controlled diabetics with significant peripheral neuropathy,” Horowitz added.

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Horowitz DS. Tips and tricks for common ankle fractures. Presented at: Orthopedics Today Hawaii; Jan. 7-11, 2024; Wailea, Hawaii.

Disclosures: Horowitz reports no relevant financial disclosures.

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