Removal of syndesmotic screws - is sonography a precise and efficient method of guidance?

BMC Musculoskelet Disord · 2026 · PMC12930640 · PMID 41652470

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0.0690

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a weak trendp = 0.069so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, there was a weak trend for a lesser accuracy of the presented method with an increasing number of syndesmotic screws (Spearman’s ρ = − 0.438, p = 0.069).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.146not close (p > 0.1)

While the presence of a plate was more common in Cohort 2 (82.4%) than in Cohort 1 (55.6%), this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.146, Fisher’s exact test).

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