Ankle fracture configuration following treatment with and without arthroscopic-assisted reduction and fixation

Table 1 Patients’ baseline data

	Arthroscopic-assiste d reduction and internal fixation	Open reduction and internal fixation	P value
Number	16	29
Age (yr)1	47.8 ± 16.3	45.0 ± 16.8	0.590
Male/female	5/11	19/10	0.0352
Lauge-Hansen Supination/ pronation	14/2	19/10	0.164
Bone mineral density test	7 (43.8%)	3 (10.3%)	0.0212

¹Mean ± SD;

²Significant difference.