862 A Retrospective Audit on Management of Ankle fracture In a District General Hospital in South east England

Abstract Aim Ankle fractures are common injuries encountered by orthopaedic surgeons on a daily basis. Primary aim of the audit is to compare management ankle fracture in Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital under NHS trust with BOAST guidelines. As secondary objective, quality life patients less than 60 years age assessed order review specificity timing surgery as mentioned Method An was conducted among who have undergone open reduction internal fixation for during period one year St. hospital. guidelines kept standard practice trust. Quality help COST (Chertsey Outcome Scoring Trauma) scoring method. Results Trust showed good compliance regarding documentation reviewing within 6 weeks’ time. Only 45% patients, old had 24 hours. The average score does not show any significant difference between those hours after that. Conclusions To conclude, certain aspects like but delayed up 19 days age. that there no functional benefits an early date. So, guideline questionable.