Short term outcome of treatment of closed ankle fractures at the university teaching hospital of Kigali

Results: Out of 59 patients with ankle fractures, 42 met inclusion criteria. 25(59.5%) were female and 17(40.5%) male with an average age of 39.43 years (SD=14.26). The left ankle was affected in 69% of the patients. Majority of fractures 59.6% were due to twisting and falls. The type of treatment was conservative in 78.6%, and the mean functional outcome, using Olerud-Molander Ankle Score, at six months was 75.24%. There were no significant differences in outcome between sex, age group and treatment type (p=0.3; 0.3; 0.6); patients with unilateral malleolar fractures had excellent/good functional outcome (p=0,049) and excellent/good radiological outcome (p=0.03) compared to those with bimalleolar fractures. The patients with good radiological outcome (90%) (p=0.000) had 18 times chance to have excellent/good functional outcome [3.31 - 97.76].