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. 2021 Aug 10;6(8):692–703. doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.6.200138

Table 1.

Overview timing to surgery of closed ankle fractures

Author Journal/Year Timing to surgery
Naumann64 Injury 2017 Up to 6 days
Breederveld65 Injury 1988 5 to 8 days
Singh66 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2015 Within 24 hours
Schepers68 International Orthopaedics 2013 Within 24 hours
Saithna63 European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2009 Up to 6 days
Carragee69 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Br] 1991 Up to 4 days
Carragee70 The Journal of Trauma 1993 Within 24 hours
Høiness71 Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae 2000 Within 8 hours
Adamson72 Injury Extra 2009 Within 24 hours
Sukeik73 Orthopaedic Proceedings 2011 Within 24 hours