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Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the outcomes of surgically treated pilon fractures could be improved with computer-assisted preoperative planning.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Between January 2010 and December 2019, 611 East Asian patients (\u226518 years old) with a pilon fracture were identified. After 107 patients were excluded, the final cohort comprised 504 patients: 294 received conventional planning and 210 received computer-assisted preoperative planning. The primary outcome measure was the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) at 12 months. The secondary outcomes were lower-limb function, pain, quality of life, quality of fracture reduction, and complications related to soft-tissue and bone healing. Propensity score matching for 20 baseline characteristics yielded 204 patient pairs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the entire cohort of 504 patients, the median age was 41 years (interquartile range, 37 to 46 years) and 375 patients (74.4%) were male. After matching (408 patients; 204 patients in each cohort), patients who received computer-assisted preoperative planning had a better mean OMAS value at 12 months (80.3 points [95% CI, 79.5 to 81.1]) than patients for whom the conventional planning method was used (73.2 points [95% CI, 72.5 to 74.0]; mean difference, \u22127.1 points [95% CI, \u22128.2 to \u22126.0]; p &lt; 0.001). Similarly, better outcomes were observed for lower-limb function, pain, quality of life, and reduction quality in the computer-assisted planning group. Patients who received computer-assisted planning had a lower rate of soft-tissue complications (9.3% [19 of 204 patients]) than patients who received conventional planning (18.6% [38 of 204 patients]; absolute rate difference, \u22129.3% [95% CI, \u221216.1% to \u22122.6%]; relative risk, 0.45 [95% CI, 0.25 to 0.81]; p = 0.008), but a significant difference was not found with respect to bone-healing complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In patients with a pilon fracture, the use of computer-assisted preoperative planning yielded better functional and radiographic outcomes and a lower rate of soft-tissue complications compared with the use of conventional planning methods.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Diagnostic\n                      <jats:underline>Level III<\/jats:underline>\n                      . 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