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Ankle Fractures Treatment Operative QID: 134 (OBQ04.23)

QID 134 (Type "134" in App Search)

A 32-year-old taxi driver sustains a displaced supination external rotation ankle injury after slipping off of a curb. He subsequently undergoes surgical fixation, and a post-operative radiograph is shown in Figure A. At the eight-week postoperative visit, you are asked to fill out a return to work form. How long from today’s visit will his braking time be expected to return to normal?

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Two weeks ago

14%

217/1589

One week from now

47%

746/1589

Three weeks from now

149/1589

Six weeks from now

22%

354/1589

Eight weeks from now

113/1589

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Patients recover the ability to safely operate the brakes of an automobile 9 weeks following operative repair of an ankle fracture. Because this patient is currently 8 weeks out from surgery, his braking time will be expected to return to normal one week from now.

Egol et al studied the time braking ability returns to normal in patients with operatively treated ankle fractures. Patients were studied at 6, 9, and 12 weeks postoperatively and compared to healthy controls. It was determined that total braking time returned to normal by 9 weeks.