Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 45-47, January 2003

Recurrent ankle sprains secondary to nonunion of a lateral malleolus fracture

Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, West Yorkshire, England

Address correspondence to: Adnan A. Faraj, FRCS (Orth, Tr), 28 Colston CL, Crow Tree La, Bradford BD8 0BN, United Kingdom.

Abstract 

A case of an adult man with symptoms of chronic recurrent ankle sprains secondary to nonunion of a fracture of the tip of the lateral malleolus is presented. The nonunion was debrided, bone grafted, and internally fixed by using the tension band wire technique. The fracture healed and the patient experienced no further episodes of ankle sprain. (The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery 42(1):45–47, 2003)

Keywords:  lateral malleolus, nonunion, recurrent ankle sprains

 

PII: S1067-2516(03)70053-2

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 45-47, January 2003

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