What Is the Lateral Malleolus? The knobby bones on the outside and the inside of the ankle are called malleoli. The fibula and the tibia have specific parts that compose the ankle: Lateral ...

The three procedures are: For the lateral malleolus fracture. The bones are realigned and screws and metal plates are put on the outside of the bone. Sometimes screws and metal rods are also put ...

A trimalleolar fracture is a more common way for a posterior malleolus fracture to appear. This means that the medial and lateral malleolus are also injured. A serious ankle injury, ligaments and ...

Although fairly common, management of an isolated lateral malleolus ankle fracture remains challenging for orthopedic surgeons. A central question remains on determining whether surgery or a non ...

Injury radiographs preoperatively only clearly demonstrated a Weber B-type lateral malleolar fracture. Figure 3: Intraoperative fluoroscopic view demonstrating guidewire placement for divergent ...

My preference is for an anterior approach to the medial malleolus -- mindful of the saphenous vein and nerve -- and a posterior approach to the lateral malleolus, which may also afford adequate ...

If this is not the case, the ankle fracture is evaluated for stability. An isolated lateral malleolar fracture (the most common ankle fracture) is stable if the fibula is not knocked out of normal ...

The medial malleolus is the largest of the three bone segments that form your ankle. The other two are the lateral and the posterior malleolus. When a medial malleolus fracture occurs by itself ...

All told, isolated posterior malleolus fractures account for only around 1% of ankle fractures. More often, breaks will occur when the medial and lateral malleolus are also involved. This is ...

A trimalleolar fracture occurs when the three malleoli bones that make up the ankle break at the same time. The malleoli are specific parts of the tibia and fibula that form the ankle. These ...