Injury mechanism affects the stability of suture-button syndesmosis fixation

Table 1 Patient demographics and group characterization

	Total	Pure syndesmosis	Weber-B	Weber-C	p value
Number	63 (100%)	10 (16%)	25 (40%)	28 (44%)
Male	37 (59%)	5 (50%)	12 (48%)	20 (71%)	0.25^a
Female	26 (41%)	5 (50%)	13 (52%)	8 (29%)	0.25^a
Age (year)	41.4 (18~71)	38.4 (24~57)	43.6 (23~71)	40.5 (18~66)	0.83^b
Duration (months)	19.9 (14~36)	19.3 (15~27)	18.7 (14~25)	21.1 (14~36)	0.17^b
Removal	14 (22%)	1 (10%)	6 (24%)	7 (26%)	0.63^a

Patients were grouped according to the injury mechanisms, namely pure syndesmotic injury, Weber-B type fracture, and Weber-C type fracture. There were no significant differences in sex, age, follow-up duration, and implant removal rate between groups
^aCommenced with the Chi-squared test
^bCommenced with ANOVA test

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