Does removal of implants for ankle fractures improve clinical outcomes?

• Xu-gang Li,
• Xiao-yang Qi,
• Jiang-yun Jiang,
• Xu-sheng Qiu

Affiliations

Xu-gang Li

Department of Orthopaedics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

Xiao-yang Qi

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jiang-yun Jiang

Department of Orthopaedics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xu-sheng Qiu

Corresponding author. Department of Orthopaedics, Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, No. 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, China.; Department of Orthopaedics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China