Functional outcome of open reduction and internal fixation in danis-weber type B ankle fractures

Objectives: to determine the functional outcome of open reduction and internal fixation (orif) in danis-weber type b ankle fractures. material and methods: this study was conducted at department of orthopaedics,khyber teaching hospital,peshawar from april 2015 to october 2015. study design was descriptive case-series study and the duration of the study was 6 months in which a total of 145 patients were observed by using 60% proportion of no pain after using orif surgery with 8% margin of error and 95% confidence interval under who software. more over consecutive (non-probability) sampling technique was used for sample collection. results: in the present study mean age was 40 years with sd ± 3.66. sixty three percent patients were male and 37% patients were female. the status of pain was analyzed as 65% patients didn’t have pain,20% patients had mild pain,13% patients had moderate pain while 2% patients had severe pain. conclusion: surgical management of malleolar fractures of ankle is simple,effective and economical which can be carried out in a minimal basic orthopedic set up. it ensures restoration of anatomy and good function of the ankle joint. © 2016,khyber medical college. all rights reserved.