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  • Title: Antiglide plating of vertical medial malleolus fractures provides stiffer initial fixation than bicortical or unicortical screw fixation.
    Author: Wegner AM, Wolinsky PR, Robbins MA, Garcia TC, Maitra S, Amanatullah DF.
    Journal: Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon); 2016 Jan; 31():29-32. PubMed ID: 26482240.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Vertical shear fractures of the medial malleolus (44-A2 ankle fractures) occur through a supination-adduction mechanism. There are numerous methods of internal fixation for this fracture pattern. METHODS: Vertical medial malleolus osteotomies were created in synthetic distal tibiae. The models were divided into four fixation groups: two parallel unicortical cancellous screws, two divergent unicortical cancellous screws, two parallel bicortical cortical screws, or an antiglide plate construct. Specimens were subjected to offset axial loading and tracked using high-resolution video. FINDINGS: The antiglide plate construct was stiffer (P<0.05) than each of the other three constructs, and the bicortical screw construct was stiffer (P<0.05) than both unicortical screw constructs. The mean stiffness (standard deviation) was 111 (SD 35) N/mm for the parallel unicortical screw construct, 173 (SD 57) N/mm for the divergent unicortical screw construct, 279 (SD 30) N/mm for the bicortical screw construct, and 463 (SD 91) N/mm for the antiglide plate construct. The antiglide plate construct resisted displacement better (P<0.05) than each of the other three constructs. The mean force for 2mm of articular displacement was 284 (SD 51) N for the parallel unicortical screw construct, 339 (SD 46) N for the divergent unicortical screw construct, 429 (SD 112) N for the bicortical construct, and 922 (SD 297) N for the antiglide plate construct. INTERPRETATION: An antiglide plate construct provides the stiffest initial fixation while withstanding higher load to failure for vertical medial malleolus fractures when compared to unicortical and bicortical screw fixation.
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