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Types of Fractures in Broken Ankles
Medically reviewed by Stuart Hershman, MD Broken ankles may involve one or more of the three bones of the ankle joint—the ...
The management of ankle fractures is based on an understanding ... and from the end result, the adequacy of treatment. The terms adduction, supination, and inversion will be used synonymously ...
Use of a fibula nail for the treatment of ankle fractures has been shown to have significantly fewer soft tissue complications, implant removals, and fracture nonunion when compared to plate and ...
In 1922, Ashhurst and Bromer [14] provided the first comprehensive classification of ankle fractures by mechanism of injury. They looked retrospectively at the radiographs of 300 cases ...