BIMALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE: A SIMPLE FRACTURE?

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the frequency of deltoid ligament injury in bimalleolar supination-external rotation type fractures and whether there is a correlation between the size of the fractured medial malleolus and deltoid ligament injury . Methods: Twenty six consecutive patients underwe...

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Main Authors: JUNJI MILLER FUKUYAMA, ROBINSON ESTEVES SANTOS PIRES, PEDRO JOSÉ LABRONICI, JOSÉ OCTÁVIO SOARES HUNGRIA, RODRIGO LOPES DECUSATI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2017-02-01
Series:Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aob/v25n1/1413-7852-aob-25-01-00048.pdf