Bilateral ankle dislocation without malleolar fracture

Thangarajah, Tanujan; Giotakis, Nikolaos; Matovu, Elijah

Affiliations

¹Senior House Officer in Surgery, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

²Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Abstract and keywords

Dislocation of the ankle joint without a concomitant malleolar fracture is rare. With all reported cases to date being unilateral injuries, we present the case of a 28-year-old male who sustained bilateral ankle dislocations without associated ankle fractures following a road traffic accident. Ten months after the trauma, the patient had returned to work with minimal sequelae related to the injury. To our knowledge, this is the first case of its kind to be reported.

Level of Clinical Evidence: 4

Keywords: ankle; dislocation; fracture; tibiotalar

Links

DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2008.05.004

PubMed: 18725125

WoS: 000259346900011

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