Table 1.
Fracture characteristics and treatment in subjects 65 years or older with surgically treated ankle fracture
| Variables | Subjects n = 50 |
| Gender | |
| - men | 34 |
| - women | 16 |
| Injured side | |
| - left | 28 |
| - right | 22 |
| Type of trauma | |
| - low energy | 45 |
| - high energy | 3 |
| - missing | 2 |
| Type of fracture* | |
| - SE IV | 39 |
| - SE III | 2 |
| - SE II | 2 |
| - SA II | 1 |
| - SA I | 1 |
| - PE IV | 2 |
| - PE III | 2 |
| - PA II | 1 |
| Operation technique | |
| - Wiberg-Cedell | 26 |
| - AO | 4 |
| - mixed technique | 14 |
| - percutan fixation | 5 |
| - non-sugical | 1 |
| Complications | |
| - no complications | 48 |
| - superficial infection | 1 |
| - deep infection and skin necrosis | 1 |
*SE = supination-eversion; SA = supination-adduction PE = pronation-eversion; PA = pronation-abduction