Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with ankle fractures involving the posterior malleolus treated with a posterior approach had similar ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Anna M. Miller, MD, FAAOS, FACS, FAOA, spoke ...

These injuries have no potential for displacement. Therefore, immobilization for 3 to 4 weeks is needed only for comfort and protection, with weight bearing as tolerated. Because of the potential for ...

Q: My father broke his ankle and they said he needs surgery. Why can’t they just put it in a cast and let it heal on its own? A: The ankle joint is made up of three bones. The tibia (shin bone) and ...

A broken ankle is also called a fractured ankle. It happens when one or more bones in the ankle joint break. If you’ve been injured, have pain, and can’t walk or move your foot, you may have broken ...

CT controlled results of direct reduction and fixation of posterior malleolus in ankle fractures. The Effect of Isometric Exercise Plantar Flexor on Osteoblast Activity Measured by Bone Specific ...

Isolated fractures of the lateral malleolus are the most common type of ankle fractures. The Weber classification system is commonly used to describe these fractures and is based on the level of the ...

Because of the absence of radiography and the inchoate state of biomechanics, knowledge of ankle injuries before 1900 was based on clinical observations and cadaver experiments; but the significance ...