You probably know the medial malleolus as the bump that protrudes on the inner side of your ankle. It’s actually not a separate bone, but the end of your larger leg bone — the tibia, or shinbone. The ...

A posterior malleolus fracture is a break on the lower back side of the shin bone. Ankle surgery is often required to fix a posterior malleolus fracture, and recovery may take months. There were ...

A trimalleolar ankle fracture is when your ankle breaks in three separate places. Only 7% of all ankle breaks are trimalleolar ankle fractures. They are rare, and they are among the worst kinds of ...

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 malleolus - ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed the difference in Olerud-Molander Ankle Scores was not statistically significant between fixation ...

Type of fracture may be difficult to reset and stabilize Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The ankle joint is a complex junction of three bones known as the fibula, tibia, and talus. The ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. A 68-year-old man presented to our outpatient orthopedic ...

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. The impact of a sprained ankle may travel up the leg and cause the fibula ...

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 consist ...