Triplane fractures, (fracture lines occur in three planes of the ankle) account for about 6%-10% of ankle fractures in young people, says Stephen D. Brown, MD, instructor in radiology at Harvard ...

Clinical evidence supporting an anatomic reconstruction for mechanical instability began with Broström’s work in 1966 describing a midsubstance repair of the ATFL.

Troy S. Watson, MD, is founder, Foot and Ankle Institute and director, Las Vegas Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Fellowship. He can be reached at Desert Orthopaedic Center, 2800 E. Desert Inn Rd., Las ...

Bone fracture segmentation and reconstruction from CT imaging have emerged as crucial techniques in modern orthopaedic and trauma care. By delineating individual bone fragments in high-resolution ...

Extremity Medical Expands into Trauma Market Releases OMNI™ Stable Ankle Fracture System May 24, 2022 09:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time ...

J South Orthop Assoc. 2000;9 (2) Classification In 1922, Ashhurst and Bromer [14] provided the first comprehensive classification of ankle fractures by mechanism of injury.

This "Watch" is based largely on a report published in the October 22, 2014 issue of JBJS Case Connector by Lee, et al., examining two cases of single-bundle anatomic ACL reconstruction during ...

Objective: Anatomic reconstruction is the treatment of choice for lateral ankle ligament instability. A similar technique has recently been described for stabilisation of a chronic unstable ...

A lateral ligament reconstruction is surgery to tighten up one of the ankle ligaments and is usually done as an outpatient procedure so patients can go home the same day. Gethin's surgery was ...