{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,29]],"date-time":"2026-09-29T09:44:04Z","timestamp":1790675044608,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":43,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,1]],"date-time":"2014-06-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1401580800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,1]],"date-time":"2014-06-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1401580800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,1]],"date-time":"2015-06-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1433116800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":365,"URL":"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/open-access\/userlicense\/1.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,6]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,4,4]],"date-time":"2014-04-04T09:21:52Z","timestamp":1396603312000},"page":"S255-S259","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":128,"special_numbering":"S","title":["Internal fixation of the fibula in ankle fractures. A prospective, randomized and comparative study: Plating versus nailing"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"100","author":[{"given":"Y.","family":"Asloum","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"B.","family":"Bedin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"T.","family":"Roger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J.-L.","family":"Charissoux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J.-P.","family":"Arnaud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Mabit","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0005","series-title":"Conf\u00e9rences d\u2019enseignement Sofcot","first-page":"71","article-title":"Fractures mall\u00e9olaires de l\u2019adulte","author":"Biga","year":"1993"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"103","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fas.2011.03.010","article-title":"Complications after open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures in the elderly","volume":"18","author":"Lynde","year":"2012","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fas.2006.06.004","article-title":"Displaced ankle fractures in the geriatric population: operative or non-operative treatment","volume":"13","author":"Vioreanu","year":"2007","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0020","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"525","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.83B4.0830525","article-title":"Conservative versus operative treatment for displaced ankle fractures in patients over 55years of age: a prospective randomized study","volume":"83","author":"Makwana","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"559","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(01)00034-1","article-title":"Internal fixation of ankle fracture in the very elderly","volume":"32","author":"Srinivasan","year":"2001","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0030","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"129","DOI":"10.1097\/BOT.0b013e3182460837","article-title":"Operative versus nonoperative treatment of unstable lateral malleolar fractures: a randomized multicenter trial","volume":"26","author":"Sanders","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Orthop Trauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0035","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"793","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(98)00163-6","article-title":"Closed interlocking nailing for fibular nonunion","volume":"29","author":"Abhaykumar","year":"1998","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0040","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.1097\/00003086-198612000-00015","article-title":"A new approach to the treatment of ankle fractures. The Inyo nail","volume":"213","author":"Mclennan","year":"1986","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Relat Res"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0045","first-page":"691","article-title":"Rush rods versus plate osteosyntheses for unstable ankle fractures in the elderly","volume":"22","author":"Prichett","year":"1993","journal-title":"Orthop Rev"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0050","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"817","DOI":"10.1007\/s00264-006-0260-2","article-title":"Lateral fixation of AO type-B2 ankle fractures in the elderly: the Knowles pin versus the plate","volume":"31","author":"Lee","year":"2007","journal-title":"Int Orthop"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0055","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"394","DOI":"10.1016\/S1067-2516(99)80039-8","article-title":"A Different approach to the treatment of the lateral malleolar fractures with syndesmosis injury: the ANK Nail","volume":"38","author":"Kara","year":"1999","journal-title":"J Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0060","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"753","DOI":"10.1177\/107110070002100907","article-title":"The ANK device: a new approach in the treatment of the fractures of the lateral malleolus associated with the rupture of the syndesmosis","volume":"21","author":"Kabukcuoglu","year":"2000","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Int"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0065","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"477","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(01)00030-4","article-title":"The role of a fibular nail in the management of Weber type B ankle fractures in elderly patients with osteoporotic bone","volume":"32","author":"Ramasamy","year":"2001","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0070","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"204","DOI":"10.1097\/01.btf.0000221100.31792.c2","article-title":"The fibula nail for treatment of ankle fractures in elderly and high risk patients","volume":"5","author":"Appleton","year":"2006","journal-title":"Tech Foot Ankle"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0075","first-page":"179","article-title":"SST fibula nailing versus standard AO-ASIF for fibula fracture: Functional results in patients aged over 55years","volume":"39","author":"Bakar","year":"2008","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0080","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"547","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jfas.2011.04.017","article-title":"Functional outcomes after fibula locking nail for fragility fractures of the ankle","volume":"50","author":"Rajeev","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0085","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1007\/BF01682047","article-title":"The \u201cepiphysa\u201d fibular nail\u00a0\u2013\u00a045 cases during 30months. Technical note","volume":"8","author":"Fran\u00e7ois","year":"1998","journal-title":"Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0090","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"349","DOI":"10.1177\/107110079401500701","article-title":"Clinical rating systems for the ankle-hindfoot, midfoot, hallux, and lesser toes","volume":"15","author":"Kitaoka","year":"1994","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Int"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0095","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"190","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00435553","article-title":"A scoring scale for symptom evaluation after ankle fracture","volume":"103","author":"Olerud","year":"1984","journal-title":"Arch Orthop Trauma Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0100","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"329","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.65B3.6404905","article-title":"Displaced ankle fractures in patients over 50years of age","volume":"65","author":"Beauchamp","year":"1983","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0105","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"525","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.83B4.0830525","article-title":"Conservative versus operative treatment for displaced ankle fractures in patients over 55years of age. A prospective, randomized study","volume":"83","author":"Makwana","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0110","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"693","DOI":"10.1007\/s00402-010-1051-1","article-title":"The use of weightbearing radiographs to assess the stability of supination-external rotation fractures of the ankle","volume":"130","author":"Weber","year":"2010","journal-title":"Arch Orthop Trauma Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0115","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"363","DOI":"10.1097\/00005131-199906000-00007","article-title":"Functional outcome and quality of life in patients with type B ankle fractures: a two-year follow up study","volume":"13","author":"Ponzer","year":"1999","journal-title":"J Orthop Trauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0120","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"683","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(97)00124-1","article-title":"Non-union of a \u2018stable\u2019 AO type B ankle fracture","volume":"28","author":"Feitz","year":"1997","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0125","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"63","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fas.2010.03.008","article-title":"Non-union of Weber B distal fibula fractures: a case series","volume":"16","author":"McGonagle","year":"2010","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0130","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"116","DOI":"10.1016\/0020-1383(93)90202-H","article-title":"Ankle fractures in the elderly: MUA versus ORIF","volume":"24","author":"Anand","year":"1993","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0135","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1125","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2011.01.009","article-title":"Increased rates of wound complications with locking plates in distal fibular fractures","volume":"42","author":"Schepers","year":"2011","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0140","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"974","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-200605000-00007","article-title":"Predictors of short-term functional outcome following ankle fracture surgery","volume":"88","author":"Egol","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0145","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"543","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jfas.2012.05.016","article-title":"Association between ankle fractures and obesity","volume":"51","author":"King","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0150","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"928","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(02)00309-1","article-title":"Soft tissue problems in ankle fractures treated surgically. A prospective study of 154 consecutive closed ankle fractures","volume":"34","author":"H\u00f6iness","year":"2003","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0155","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1184","DOI":"10.3113\/FAI.2008.1184","article-title":"Ankle fractures in the elderly: initial and long-term outcomes","volume":"29","author":"Anderson","year":"2008","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Int"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0160","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"936","DOI":"10.3928\/01477447-20131120-07","article-title":"Osteoporotic ankle fractures: an approach to operative management","volume":"36","author":"Mc Kean","year":"2013","journal-title":"Orthopedics"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0165","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"562","DOI":"10.1097\/01.bot.0000245684.96775.82","article-title":"Comparison of lateral locking plate and antiglide plate for fixation of distal fibular fractures in osteoporotic bone: a biomechanical study","volume":"20","author":"Minihane","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Orthop Trauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0170","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"596","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-198769040-00017","article-title":"The antiglide plate for distal fibular fixation: a biomechanical comparison with fixation with a lateral plate","volume":"69","author":"Schaffer","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0175","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"204","DOI":"10.1097\/00003086-199010000-00029","article-title":"The dorsal antiglide plate in the treatment of Danis-Weber type B fractures of the distal fibula","volume":"259","author":"Winkler","year":"1990","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Relat Res"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0180","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"281","DOI":"10.1177\/107110070502600403","article-title":"Peroneal tendon lesions caused by antiglide plates used for fixation of lateral malleolar fractures: the effect of plate and screw position","volume":"26","author":"Weber","year":"2005","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Int"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0185","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"271","DOI":"10.1097\/00005131-200105000-00006","article-title":"Incidence of hardware-related pain and its effect on functional outcomes after open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures","volume":"15","author":"Brown","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Orthop Trauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0190","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jfas.2006.09.009","article-title":"Fixation of osteoporotic distal fibula fractures: a biomechanical comparison of locking versus conventional plates","volume":"46","author":"Kim","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Foot Ankle Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0195","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"163","DOI":"10.1097\/BOT.0b013e3181d35c29","article-title":"How much do locked screws add to the fixation of \u201chybrid\u201d plate constructs in osteoporotic bone?","volume":"24","author":"Freeman","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Orthop Trauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0200","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"718","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2011.07.009","article-title":"A contoured locking plate for distal fibular fractures in osteoporotic bone: a biomechanical cadaver study","volume":"43","author":"Zahn","year":"2012","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0205","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"110","DOI":"10.1097\/BOT.0b013e3181d9e875","article-title":"Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of the distal fibula with the locking compression plate: first experience of 20 cases","volume":"25","author":"Hess","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Orthop Trauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0210","series-title":"Skeletal trauma: fractures, dislocation, ligamentous injuries","first-page":"2327","article-title":"Malleolar fractures and soft tissue injuries of the ankle","author":"Carr","year":"1998"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005_bib0215","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1107","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.94B8.28620","article-title":"The treatment of unstable fractures of the ankle using the Acumed fibular nail: development of a technique","volume":"94","author":"Bugler","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"}],"container-title":["Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S1877056814000590?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S1877056814000590?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,30]],"date-time":"2025-10-30T03:28:24Z","timestamp":1761794904000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S1877056814000590"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2014,6]]},"references-count":43,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,6]]}},"alternative-id":["S1877056814000590"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005","relation":{},"ISSN":["1877-0568"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1877-0568","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2014,6]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Internal fixation of the fibula in ankle fractures. A prospective, randomized and comparative study: Plating versus nailing","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.otsr.2014.03.005","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"Copyright \u00a9 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}