Assessment of Ability of 3D Fluorscopy in Aiding Accurate Syndesmotic Reduction Following Traumatic Ankle Injury

Inclusion Criteria:

- Skeletally mature

- Patients with unilateral, acute, displaced ankle fractures with preoperative evidence
of syndesmotic disruption or intraoperative evidence of syndesmotic instability
following malleolar fixation.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients skeletally immature;

- Patients less than age 18 years and more than age 75;

- Patients with previous ankle trauma to either ankle;

- Patients with bilateral ankle injuries;

- Patients with previous osseous injuries to the tibia or fibula; and

- Patients with isolated syndesmotic injury and no fracture (i.e. high ankle sprains)