Foot/Ankle News

Sonoma recently announced they have received FDA 510(k) clearance for their FibuLock Nail ankle fracture fixation offering.

Following joint distraction, ankle function was observed to decline over time, according to study results published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

The use of an antibacterial hydrogel coating on implants used to treat closed wrist or ankle fractures may effectively reduce infection rates and offer similar results compared to uncoated implants.

Dallen Medical recently announced it has received FDA approval for the Tensyn Plug, the company’s new fracture fixation offering.

Patients with supination-external rotation ankle fractures, called Weber B-type fractures, who were not treated with syndesmotic fixation attained good functional results, according to results of a prospective study. The patients also had no increased incidence of osteoarthritis and experienced less pain than patients who underwent syndesmosis screws fixation for the same injury.

Orthopedics Today features eight stories and videos of importance to emerge from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Wright Medical Group announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market the Salvation External Fixation System.

Patients with ankle arthritis, a widened mortise and minor talar tilt experienced less pain in the short term after distal tibial osteotomy without fibular osteotomy, according to study results.

LAS VEGAS — Arthroscopic evaluation of acute unstable ankle fractures performed in conjunction with open reduction and internal fixation did not appear to have an effect on the patient-reported function at mid-term follow-up, but investigators used arthroscopy to perform intra-articular treatments that would have been impossible to carry out otherwise, according to an investigator from Chicago.

LAS VEGAS — Fragments of pilon fractures could be adequately reduced without exposing the soft tissues of the ankle to additional trauma when investigators at Ashford and St. Peters NHS Foundation Trust used Ilizarov external frames for indirect reduction, fixation and stabilization of fractures, according to a presentation given here.