TY - JOUR AU - Brito Rezende, Lauro César AU - de Faria Vasconcelos, Paulo Marcelo AU - Werner Klein, Wagner AU - Soares Martins, Jefferson AU - Correia Arcanjo, Renan AU - Teixeira Leão, Gustavo AU - Moreira Oliveira, Anderson Cleyton AU - Rezende Oliveira Júnior, Severino PY - 2022/12/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Classification variability of ankle fractures between physicians with and without the title of specialist in orthopedics and traumatology (TEOT) JF - Journal of the Foot & Ankle JA - J Foot Ankle VL - 16 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - 10.30795/jfootankle.2022.v16.1654 UR - https://jfootankle.com/JournalFootAnkle/article/view/1654 SP - 253-258 AB - <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Objective:</strong> </span>Evaluate the classification variability of ankle fractures among physicians with and without the title of specialist in orthopedics and traumatology (TEOT) from a reference service. <strong><span class="s1">Method: </span></strong>The study included 40 physicians who informed the year of training, the period they obtained TEOT, and which ankle fracture classification system(s) they use in their clinical practice. The physicians evaluated ten radiographs of five patients with ankle fractures and classified them based on the three classification systems; Lauge-Hansen, AO/OTA, and Danis-Weber. <strong><span class="s1">Result: </span></strong>Most physicians with TEOT between one and five years (n=19, 47.5%), and 15 (48.4%) physicians used the Lauge Hansen and Danis-Weber classifications. Regarding the radiographs evaluated, most (27.5%) physicians obtained correct answers using the Danis-Weber classification. It was also observed that the physicians with the lowest rates of correct answers in the classifications were those without TEOT (44.4%). <strong><span class="s1">Conclusion: </span></strong>Most physicians adequately classified the five cases of ankle fracture using the Danis-Weber classification. The highest frequency of correct answers was from the physicians with TEOT. <em><strong>Level of Evidence VI; Observational Descriptive Study.</strong></em></p> ER -