# Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/close-contact-casting-vs-surgery-for-initial-treatment-of-unstable-ankle/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Keith Willett,David J. Keene,Dipesh Mistry,Julian Nam,Elizabeth Tutton,Robert Handley,Lesley Morgan,Emma Roberts,Andrew Briggs,Ranjit Lall,T.J.S. Chesser,Ian Pallister,Sarah E Lamb,for the Ankle Injury Management (AIM) Trial Collaborators |
| Citations | 136 |
| DOI | 10.1001/jama.2016.14719 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | bronze |
| OA URL | https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/articlepdf/2565749/joi160116.pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2530219567 |
| PMID | 27727383 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2016 |

## Paper authors

- [Ranjit Lall](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ranjit-lall/)

## Paper journal

- [JAMA](https://scholariq.org/journals/jama/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Foot and Ankle Surgery](https://scholariq.org/topics/foot-and-ankle-surgery/)

## Paper topics

- [Foot and Ankle Surgery](https://scholariq.org/topics/foot-and-ankle-surgery/)
- [Bone fractures and treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/bone-fractures-and-treatments/)
- [Surgical Sutures and Adhesives](https://scholariq.org/topics/surgical-sutures-and-adhesives/)

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