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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Dec 2022
Trends of incidence and treatment strategies for operatively treated distal fibula fractures from 2005 to 2019: a nationwide register analysis.
- Alexander Milstrey, Sebastian Felix Baumbach, Alexander Pfleiderer, Julia Evers, Wolfgang Boecker, Michael J Raschke, Hans Polzer, and Sabine Ochman.
- Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, WWU Muenster, Waldeyer Street 1, 48149, Muenster, Germany. Alexander.Milstrey@ukmuenster.de.
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2022 Dec 1; 142 (12): 377137773771-3777.
IntroductionValid epidemiological data about distal fibular fractures and their treatment strategies are missing. Innovative osteosynthesis techniques were introduced and improved during the past 15 years. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiologic development and the implementation of new treatment strategies in a nationwide register in Germany over a period of 15 years.Materials And MethodsData of the German Federal Statistical Office from 2005 until 2019 were screened. Adults with a fracture of the distal fibula were included. Data were separated for gender, age and treatment strategy.ResultsDuring the past 15 years, there was a steady annual incidence of distal fibula fractures of 74 ± 32 per 100,000 people without any significant changes (p = 0.436). 60.1% ± 0.6% of all fractures occurred in females. The annual incidence for male was nearly constant over the different age groups, whereas for female, there was a clear increase in incidence above the age of 40. Whereas 66% of fractures in between 20 and 30 years of age occurred in male, approximately 70% of fractures above the age of 60 occurred in females. The relative quantity of locking plates increased from 2% in 2005 to 34% in 2019. In 2019, only 1.02% of the patients were operated with an intramedullary nail.ConclusionsOperatively treated distal fibular fractures revealed an age dependent increase in incidence in postmenopausal women compared to younger females. Regarding the treatment strategy, there was an increase in application of locking plates. The data implicate a typical fragility fracture related age and gender distribution for distal fibula fractures.© 2021. The Author(s).
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