Objective To evaluate the postoperative results of patients with supination-external rotation ankle fractures who underwent syndesmotic screw (SS) removal. Methods Retrospective cohort study assessing the late postoperative results of 35 patients operated from January 2013 to June 2015. Patients undergoing treatment of rupture of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis with SS fixation and who di...

Although it is expert opinion that transsyndesmotic screws are placed obliquely 30° from posterolateral to anteromedial in the transverse plane, this has not been formally studied, and there is inconsistency regarding the congruency of the distal tibiofibular joint. Thirty-eight computed tomography (CT) scans of the lower extremity were used to examine the rotational profile of the axis of the ...

OBJECTIVE To present the epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic criteria and therapeutic interventions for an important clinical entity - tibiofibular syndesmosis or "high ankle" sprains. CLINICAL FEATURES The most common mechanism of injury is forced external rotation in a dorsiflexed foot. Pain is located anteriorly over the anterior tibiofibular ligament, and is elicited through a variety of t...

Materials and methods We recruited football players from Sydney University Rugby Union and AFL clubs. The only exclusion criterion was symptoms at the time of screening that would affect baseline testing performance. Trained assessors conducted pre-season screening and participants were then followed for the season. The suite of baseline tests included vertical jump, star excursion balance test...

The study was carried out on 50 human lower legs obtained during autopsies. The anatomy of the joint was studied using classical anatomical description methods. Based also on literature we have reviewed the current knowledge on the inferior tibiofibular joint.