Midshaft fibula fracture with an unstable ankle injury: Plate the fibula and repair the syndesmosis or repair the syndesmosis alone

Injury. 2020 Mar;51(3):590-591. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.03.034.

Authors

Peter Dryden¹, Mansur Halai², Richard Buckley³

Affiliations

¹ University of British Columbia, Rebalance MD, Suite 104-3551 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 0B9, Canada.
² Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G40SF, Scotland.
³ University of Calgary, Canada; 0490 McCaig Tower Foothills Hospital, 3134 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 5A1, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32276685
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.03.034

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Ankle Injuries / diagnostic imaging
Ankle Injuries / physiopathology
Ankle Injuries / surgery*
Bone Plates
Fibula / diagnostic imaging*
Fibula / surgery
Fracture Fixation, Internal*
Humans
Joint Instability
Ligaments / diagnostic imaging
Ligaments / injuries*
Ligaments / surgery
Male
Radiography
Treatment Outcome