Incidence and severity of malreduction of the tibiofibular syndesmosis following surgical treatement of displaced ankle fractures and impact on the function -Clinical study and MRI evaluation

Three-dimensional imaging may improve tibiofibular malreduction visualization in bimalleolar/trimalleolar/dislocated type Weber B fractures and in isolated type Weber C fractures with syndesmotic transfixation. The clinical impact of improving tibiofibular positioning remains highly questionable since there was no correlation between tibiofibular alignment and the clinical outcome at mid-term follow-up.