Abstract
The study presents the evaluation and comparison of two groups of patients surgically treated for ankle fractures at our department in 2007 and in 2010, respectively. Our analysis included patients' age, the mechanism of injury, fracture morphology and the method of osteosynthesis.
The aim of the comparison was to ascertain recent trends in the development of the selected characteristics. The 2007 group comprised 62 patients, 31 men and 32 women, the 2010 group had 123 patients, 55 men and 68 women.
The ankle fractures were classified according to the Weber and Lauge-Hansen systems. The selected characteristics were analysed in each group and the results were compared to obtain information on changes during the interval of 4 years.
The data were evaluated using the methods of descriptive statistics; categorical data were analysed by the chi-square test with the level of significance set at 5%.