Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
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To explore a new method for the treatment of ankle joint fractures, and to evaluate its therapeutic effects. ⋯ The internal fixation of posterior fibula plate, as a treatment for ankle joint fractures, successfully avoids the injury of articular facet by the nails. Not only does it enhance the pullout strength of the nails, but it is able to treat the fracture of lateral malleolus and posterior malleolus with a single incision. It has provided a new way for the treatment of ankle fractures.