Ankle Trauma
A 35-year-old woman presents after a twisting injury to her ankle while playing netball. Radiographs reveal a spiral fibular fracture at the level of the syndesmosis, a medial clear space of 6mm, and a deltoid ligament tear suspected on MRI. Regarding ankle fractures:
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The Weber classification is based on fibular fracture level relative to the syndesmosis: Weber A (be...
The Lauge-Hansen classification describes injury mechanism and predicts fracture pattern: supination...
The medial clear space (MCS) should be less than 10mm to be considered normal; syndesmotic stability...
Syndesmotic injury occurs when forces disrupt the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament (AITFL), i...
A widened medial clear space (greater than 4mm or greater than the superior tibiotalar clear space) ...
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