Modern anatomical locking plates are associated with increased postoperative wound complications and unplanned surgical revisions compared to standard tubular plates in the management of unstable ankle fractures: a comparative cohort study in 595 patients

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• What: This retrospective chart review clearly showed that the vast majority of all revision procedures were due to wound complications and not due to mechanical complications.
• Who: Fibula and collaborators from the Author details , Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee, Rostock, Germany , Department of Pediatrics, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany have published the paper: RESEARCH Open Access, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of December/31,/2021
• How: This finding is of particular importance as similar to other authors the authors have found a higher rate of wound . . .
  

   

  

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