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The Lauge-Hansen classification is a system of categorizing ankle fractures based on the foot position and the force applied. [1]
An ankle fracture is a break of one or more of the bones that make up the ankle joint. [1] Symptoms may include pain, swelling, bruising , and an inability to walk on the injured leg. [ 1 ] Complications may include an associated high ankle sprain , compartment syndrome , stiffness, malunion , and post-traumatic arthritis .
It is also classified as a Type C ankle fracture according to the Danis-Weber classification system. [4] The Maisonneuve fracture is similar to the Galeazzi fracture in the sense that there is an important ligamentous disruption in association with the fracture. [5] The fracture is named after the surgeon Jules Germain François Maisonneuve. [6]
Avulsion fracture of the anterior colliculus involving the superficial deltoid ligament: B Intermediate fracture C Fracture at the level of the plafond (Lauge-Hansen external rotation-abduction type) D Plafond fracture (Lauge-Hansen supination-adduction type)
Ankle fracture classifications (5 P) H. ... Gustilo open fracture classification; H. ... Winquist and Hansen classification
Calcaneal fracture; Catagmatic; Cervical fracture; Chalkstick fracture; Chance fracture; Chauffeur's fracture; Child bone fracture; Chopart's fracture–dislocation; Classification of distal radius fractures; Clavicle fracture; Clay-shoveler fracture; Coccyx fracture; Colles' fracture; Crus fracture; Cuboid fracture; Cuneiform fracture
unstable spinal fracture-dislocation at the thoracolumbar junction: Thoracic Spine Fractures and Dislocations at eMedicine: Hume fracture: A.C. Hume: olecranon fracture with anterior dislocation of radial head: Ronald McRae, Maxx Esser. Practical Fracture Treatment 5th edition, page 187. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008.
Le Fort's fracture of the ankle is a vertical fracture of the antero-medial part of the distal fibula with avulsion of the anterior tibiofibular ligament, [1] opposite to a Tillaux-Chaput avulsion fracture. The injury was described by Léon Clément Le Fort in 1886. [2]