Approximately 3,500 new fractures are seen annually at The Royal Victoria Hospital. Of these approximately 10 per cent., or three hundred, are fractures of the ankle. Since 1946 only thirty cases of this particular fracture have been recorded, giving an occurrence of 1: 1750 or .005 per cent. of all fractures, or 1: 150, that is .65 per cent. of ankle injuries. Age: All occurred between the age...

A 47-year-old woman was brought into the Emergency Department having twisted her left ankle while walking on flat ground earlier that day. There was no evidence of direct impact injury to either the left ankle or leg. Prior to this event, the patient had no medical problems, was not on any regular medication, and had no previous history of ligamentous laxity or ankle sprains. On examination, th...

Background/Objective Ankle fractures, even if treated surgically, usually take a long time to heal. For all patients with ankle fracture, immobilisation is a critical part of treatment. Short-leg walking boots (WBs) have been reported to be an effective alternative to plaster casts (PCs) that could shorten this postoperative recuperative period. The aim of this study was to compare the function...

A 73 years old female presented to emergency department (ED) with 3 days history of swollen, painful right ankle without trauma; unable to weight bear on the right side. On examination she had decreased range of motion (ROM) in the right ankle, with a palpable gap in the area of Achilles tendon. Radiographs confirmed fracture of ossified Achilles tendon. This patient treated conservatively in a...

BACKGROUND The maintenance of postural control is fundamental for different types of physical activity. This can be measured by having subjects stand on one leg on a force plate. Many studies assessing standing balance have previously been carried out in patients with ankle ligament injuries but not in patients with ankle fractures. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether patients operate...

The dome of the talus is the part that articulates with the ankle mortice formed by the lower articular surfaces of tibia and fibula. A fracture of this part of the talus may be called a dome fracture. Such fractures are not common and the significance of the original radiographic appearance is not always appreciated. Definitive treatment is therefore often unnecessarily delayed ; this has been...

Ankle fractures are among the most common injuries treated by orthopaedic surgeons. 1 Most of the rotational ankle fracture mechanisms described by Lauge-Hansen can lead to posterior malleolar fractures by avulsion of the posterior tibial fibular ligament especially the posterior external rotation (PER) injury. Trimalleolar fractures are known to have a worse prognosis than bimalleolar fracture...

The Lauge-Hansen (LH) classification attempts to predict patterns of ankle injuries based upon the preceding mechanism of injury. Although it is widely used in clinical practice, it has been criticized mainly due to numerous reports of cases conflicting the prediction system. Here, we report a case of a 32-year-old male who sustained a Weber B fracture of the lateral malleolus following a supin...

A 12-year-old boy with a severe injury of his right ankle was treated in the accident unit. The local condition was an extensive open wound with parts of the fractured bones prominent. Radiographs showed a severely displaced fracture of the body of the talus associated with a Salter-Harris IV injury of the distal tibia and subluxation of the ankle. After proper debridement the fractured bones w...