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Table 4 Functional outcomes and complications of included studies

From: Arthroscopically assisted versus open reduction internal fixation for ankle fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author/year

Functional OMs

Postoperative score (ARIF)

Postoperative score (ORIF)

Complications

Thordarson 2001

SF-36

97

96

NA

Takao 2003

AOFAS

91

87.6

ARIF: no complication

ORIF: two superficial wound infections

Turhan 2012

OMA

92.3

86.3

ARIF: no complications

ORIF: three wound complications

Fuchs 2015

OMA

90

84

ARIF: one nerve injury, one wound complication, and three residual numbness

ORIF: four residual numbness

Angthong 2016

NA

NA

NA

ARIF: one wound complication

ORIF: one loss of reduction

Chiang 2019

AOFAS

92.3

89.8

ARIF: one superficial peroneal paresthesia, one wound complication, and three hardware irritation

ORIF: three superficial peroneal paresthesia, one nonunion, five wound complications, and two hardware irritation

Liu 2020

OMA

97.9

96.6

ARIF: two superficial peroneal paresthesia, one hardware irritation

ORIF: three wound complications, one infection, and four hardware irritation

Baumbach 2021

OMA

90

75

ARIF: three major complications

ORIF: two major complications

Ceccarini 2021

FAOS

86

82

No major complications

  1. OMs, outcome measures; SF-36, the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Physical Function scale; AOFAS, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society; OMA, Olerud Molander Ankle score; NA, not available; FAOS, Foot and Ankle Outcome Score; ARIF, arthroscopically assisted reduction and internal fixation; ORIF, open reduction and internal fixation