Ankle Injuries
A 32-year-old football player presents after twisting his ankle during a tackle. He complains of ankle pain and also mentions tenderness along the lateral aspect of his leg. Ankle radiographs show widening of the medial clear space but no obvious distal fibula fracture. Examination reveals marked tenderness over the proximal fibula. Regarding Maisonneuve fractures:
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A Maisonneuve fracture consists of a proximal fibula fracture with associated disruption of the synd...
Clinical examination must include palpation of the entire length of the fibula as the proximal fract...
Maisonneuve fractures involve the distal fibula only; the syndesmosis is intact; the interosseous me...
Treatment requires restoration of ankle stability; the proximal fibula fracture itself rarely needs ...
The injury is equivalent to a Weber C fracture in terms of syndesmotic involvement but the fracture ...
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