Sunday, April 3, 2011
Lauge Hansen Supination ADduction (Inversion) Ankle Fracture
© 2010 www.DrGlass.org glass.dpm@gmail.com With the foot in a fixed supinated position a lateral Adductory force is exerted along the lateral malleolus as the talus inverts with-in the ankle mortise. In Stage 1, one of three injuries may occur, a rupture of the lateral collateral ligaments, an avulsion fracture the lateral malleolus, or a transverse fracture of the distal fibula below or at the level of the ankle joint. (Note: The syndesmotic ligaments are not involve
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