Pure closed medial ankle dislocation without fracture

Open Ankle Dislocation Without Associated Malleolar Fracture: Case Report

“…One of the primary causes of pure tibiotalar dislocation is sudden trauma, often resulting from highvelocity accident, such as motorcycle accidents or fall from heights, (40%) or from sports-related injuries (35%). [13,14]. The distal tibia had a 12-cm transverse wound in this case, which involved an incredibly uncommon open dislocation.…”

An unusual ankle injury

“… 6 Several predisposing factors have also been described including medial malleolus dysplasia, ligamentous laxity, previous ankle sprains or peroneal muscle weakness. 6 , 8 What makes the current case unusual is that not only did it occur as a result of trivial low-energy trauma; the patient did not also possess any of the aforementioned risk factors.…”

Open ankle dislocation without associated malleolar fracture: Review of the literature

“…A review of the published data indicated that isolated dislocation of the ankle is caused predominately by road accidents (40%), in particular, motorcycle accidents (33%). The second most common cause is sports trauma (35%), particularly sports in which jumping is a fundamental component, such as volleyball (13%) and basketball (8%) [3] , [4] , [5] . Ankle dislocations are described according to the talus displacement in relation to the ankle mortise, and there are five types described according to Fahey and Murphy: anterior, posterior, medial, lateral and combined [6] .…”