The Importance of the Deep Deltoid Ligament Repair in Treating Supination-External Rotation Stage IV Ankle Fracture: A Comparative Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

The radiographic results between the two cohorts.

	DDLR group	NDDLR group	value
Healing time			0.8167
MCS (mm)
Postoperative			0.6547
Contralateral			0.5598
TMMA (°)
Postoperative			0.3986
Contralateral			0.1375
FL (mm)
Postoperative			0.7426
Contralateral			0.9463
TA (°)
Postoperative			0.2436
Contralateral			0.8214
TFCS (mm)
Postoperative			0.1534
Contralateral			0.0776

DDLR: deep deltoid ligament repair; NDDLR: nondeep deltoid ligament repair; MCS: medial clear space; TMMA: tibiomedial malleolar angle; FL: fibular length; TA: talocrural angle; TFCS: tibiofibular clear space.