Ankle Fracture and Dislocation

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Comment by Thiago Márcio de Medeiros Maciel on February 25, 2011 at 10:04am

Ankle fracture Lauge-Hansen Pronation Exorotation Stage 4 (or Danis Weber C).

Observed (bone) and deductible (ligaments) lesions:
1) Avulsion of the medial malleolus (small spike) (probably the medial collateral ligament is intact)
2) Rupture os the anterior syndesmotic ligament
3) Interosseus membrane will rupture
4) Fibular distal twisted fracture
5) Posterior syndesmotic ligament rupture

This is the mechanism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvKI1Obuu9M

Comment by Ghadah Almugren on November 21, 2010 at 11:09am

severe

Comment by Julie on November 21, 2010 at 4:59am

Ouch.