Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 86.e11-86.e17 , January 2010

Maisonneuve Fracture without Deltoid Ligament Disruption: A Rare Pattern of Injury

  • Ioannis Charopoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgeon, 5th Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ioannis Charopoulos, MD, 5th Orthopaedic Department, Laboratory for Research of Musculoskeletal System, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, 14561 Athens, Greece.
    • ,
  • Constantinos Kokoroghiannis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgeon, 5th Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Spyridon Karagiannis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgeon, 5th Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • George P. Lyritis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor in Orthopaedics, Laboratory for Research of Musculoskeletal System, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Nikolaos Papaioannou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor in Orthopaedics, Laboratory for Research of Musculoskeletal System, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece

References 

  1. Maisonneuve JP. Recherches sur la Fracture du Perrone. Arch Gen Med 7:165-187, 433-473, 1840
  2. Sartoris DJ. Eponymic fractures of the ankle. J Foot Ankle Surg. 1993;32:239–241
  3. Duchesneau S, Fallat LM. The Maisonneuve fracture. J Foot Ankle Surg. 1995;34:422–428
  4. Madhusudhan TR, Medapati Dhana SR, Smith IC. Report of the case of a rare pattern of Maisonneuve fracture. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2008;47:160–162
  5. Lauge-Hansen N. Fractures of ankle. II. Combined experimental-surgical and experimental-roentgenologic investigations. Arch Surg. 1950;60:957–985
  6. Danis R. Les fractures malleolaires. In:  Danis R editors. Theorie et pratique de l'osteosynthese. Paris: Masson; 1949;p. 133–165
  7. Weber BG. Die Verletzungen des oberen Sprunggelenkes. ed 2. Bern, Switzerland: Huber; 1972;
  8. Muller ME, Nazarian S, Koch P, Schatzker J. The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones. New York: Springer; 1990;
  9. Wilson AJ. Ankle fractures: understanding the mechanism of injury is the key to analyzing the radiographs. Emerg Radiol. 1998;5:49–60
  10. Katznelson A, Lin E, Militiano J. Ruptures of the ligaments about the tibio-fibular syndesmosis. Injury. 1983;15:170–172
  11. Hopkinson WJ, St Pierre P, Ryan JB, Wheeler JH. Syndesmosis sprains of the ankle. Foot Ankle. 1990;10:325–330
  12. Boytim MJ, Fischer DA, Neumann L. Syndesmotic ankle sprains. Am J Sports Med. 1991;19:294–298
  13. Jehlicka D, Bartonicek J, Rysav M. The Bosworth ankle fracture (case report). Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Chech. 2001;68:256–260
  14. Slawski DP, West C. Maisonneuve fracture with an associated distal fibular fracture. A case report. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1995;317:193–198
  15. Levy BA, Vogt KJ, Herrera DA, Cole PA. Maisonneuve fracture equivalent with proximal tibiofibular dislocation. A case report and literature review. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006;88:111–116
  16. Hensel KS, Harpstrite JK. Maisonneuve fracture associated with a bimalleolar ankle fracture-dislocation: a case report. J Orthop Trauma. 2002;167:525–528
  17. Healy WA, Starkweather KD, Meyer J, Teplitz GA. Triplane fracture associated with a proximal third fibula fracture. Am J Orthop. 1996;256:449–451
  18. Sproule JA, Khalid M, O'Sullivan M, McCabe JP. Outcome after surgery for Maisonneuve fracture of the fibula. Injury. 2004;35:791–798
  19. Manyi W, Guowei R, Shengsong Y, Chunyan J. A sample of Chinese literature. MRI diagnosis of interosseous membrane injury in Maisonneuve fractures of the fibula. Injury. 2000;31:C107–C110
  20. Boden SD, Labropoulos PA, McCowin P, Lestini WF, Hurwitz SR. Mechanical considerations for the syndesmosis screw: a cadaver study. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1989;71:1548–1555
  21. Scheidt KB, Stiehl JB, Skrade DA, Barnhardt T. Posterior malleolar ankle fractures: an in vitro biomechanical analysis of stability in the loaded and unloaded states. J Orthop Trauma. 1992;6:96–101
  22. Peter RE, Harrington RM, Henley MB, Tencer AF. Biomechanical effects of internal fixation of the distal tibiofibular syndesmotic joint: comparison of two fixation techniques. J Orthop Trauma. 1994;8:215–219
  23. Harper MC. Talar shift. The stabilizing role of the medial, lateral and posterior ankle structures. Clin Orthop. 1990;257:177–183
  24. Pankovich AM. Maisonneuve fractures of the fibula. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1976;58:337–342
  25. Wilson FC. Fractures and dislocations of the ankle. In Fractures in Adults, vol 2, ed 2, p 1674, edited by CA Rockwood, DP Green, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1984.
  26. Bonnin JG. Injuries to the Ankle. London: Heineman Medical Books; 1950;
  27. Merrill KD. The Maisonneuve fracture of the fibula. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1993;287:218–223

 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(09)00422-0

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.10.001

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 86.e11-86.e17 , January 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution