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  2. Maisonneuve fracture - Wikipedia

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    The Maisonneuve fracture generally follows a specific pattern of injury. The following are described as subsequent events that result in a Maisonneuve fracture: [3] [4] [12] Forceful, external rotation of the ankle joint results in the tearing of the deep deltoid ligament and/or an avulsion fracture of the medial malleolus.

  3. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    vertical fracture of distal fibula with avulsion of medial malleolus: LeFort's fracture of the ankle at Who Named It? Lisfranc fracture: Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin: fracture dislocation of midfoot: forced plantar flexion of foot or dropping heavy weight on foot: Lisfranc fracture at Who Named It? Maisonneuve fracture: Jules Germain ...

  4. Herscovici classification - Wikipedia

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    The Herscovici classification is a system of categorizing medial malleolus fractures of the distal tibia ... Avulsion fracture of the anterior colliculus involving ...

  5. Ankle fracture - Wikipedia

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    Ankle fractures may result from excessive stress on the joint such as from rolling an ankle or from blunt trauma. [1] [2] Types of ankle fractures include lateral malleolus, medial malleolus, posterior malleolus, bimalleolar, and trimalleolar fractures. [1] The Ottawa ankle rule can help determine the need for X-rays. [2]

  6. Lauge-Hansen classification - Wikipedia

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    Talofibular ligament sprain or distal fibular avulsion fracture; Vertical medial malleolus fracture and impaction of anteromedial distal tibia; Supination-External rotation: Anterior tibiofibular ligament sprain; Lateral short oblique fibular fracture (anteroinferior to posterosuperior) Posterior tibiofibular ligament rupture or avulsion of ...

  7. Malleolus - Wikipedia

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    Studies have shown [3] that bimalleolar fractures are more common in women, people over 60 years of age, and patients with existing comorbidities. [3] A trimalleolar fracture is a fracture of the ankle that involves the lateral malleolus, the medial malleolus, and the distal posterior aspect of the tibia, which can be termed the posterior ...

  8. Danis–Weber classification - Wikipedia

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    medial malleolus occasionally fractured; usually stable: occasionally nonetheless requires an open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) particularly if medial malleolus fractured; Type B. Fracture of the fibula at the level of the syndesmosis. Typical features: at the level of the ankle joint, extending superiorly and laterally up the fibula

  9. Wagstaffe–Le Fort avulsion fracture - Wikipedia

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    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]