Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical outcomes of posterior-anterior lag screw versus buttress plate for fixation of Haraguchitype I posterior malleolus fractures. [Methods] A retrospective analysis was performed on 80 patients who received open reduction and in-ternal fixation (ORIF) for Haraguchi type I posterior malleolus fractures from June 2020 to September 2022. According to the doctor-pa-tient communication, 38 case had the posterior malleolus fractures fixed with the posterior-anterior lag screw (the screw group), while other42 cases were fixed with buttress plate (the plate group), with the combined lateral and medial malleolar fractures treated simultaneously.The perioperative, follow-up and imaging data of the two groups were compared. [Results] The screw group was significantly less than theplate group in terms of operative time [(69.5±4.6) min vs (90.2±6.4) min, P<0.001], total incision length [(9.0±2.3) cm vs (10.3±2.6) cm, P=0.021] and intraoperative blood loss [(104.8±20.5) ml vs (116.0±21.3) ml, P=0.019], although the former resumed postoperative walking sig-nificantly later than the latter [(64.8±3.7) days vs (60.0±4.0) days, P=0.019]. There was no statistically significant difference in time to re-gain the full weight-bearing activity between the two groups (P>0.05). Compared with those 3 months after surgery, the VAS, AOFASscores and dorsal-plantar flexion ROM in both groups were significantly improved at the last follow-up (P<0.05). The screw group got sig-nificantly lower AOFAS score than the plate group 3 months after surgery [(83.6±4.9) vs (86.0±5.5), P=0.044], whereas there were no signifi-cant differences in VAS score and ankle-dorsal-plantar flexion ROM between the two groups (P>0.05). At the last follow-up, there was nosignificant difference between the two groups in terms of any items abovementioned (P>0.05). As for imaging, there were no significant dif-ferences in the quality of fracture reduction and healing time between the two groups (P>0.05). [Conclusion] Both posterior-anterior lagscrew and buttress plate achieve comparable clinical consequences for fixation of Haraguchi type I posterior malleolus fractures. By compar-ison, the screw has shorter operation time and less intraoperative bleeding, but longer time to resume walking.