What is a bimallleolar fracture?

bimallleolar fracture is a type of ankle damage in which the bones forming the upper part of the joint tear in two places simultaneously. Also known as Pott's fracture for doctors from the 18th century, which published an article about injury after it was alone, bimallic fracture includes lateral and media Malleoli, a few bone projections that consist of rounded bumps that felt on both sides of the ankle. This injury occurs when the strong side force rolls the foot out of the foot by moving as Eversion and at the same time turns the leg on the ankle in motion known as external rotation. Sufficient movement can cause both media malleolus, meaning on the inside of the bone of the tibia in the lower leg, as well as lateral Malleolus, similar meaning on the outer side of the fibula bone beside it, to tear from their respective bones.

2 These bones are mutually connected by several bonds, including a large deltoid ligament connecting the media mallus tibia along the inner ankle with the talus at the bottom, and the front and rearLofibular bonds with the connecting lateral Malleolus fibula to the talus along the outer side of the ankle. When excessive strength is placed on the joint, as with an athlete who collides with another athlete in such a way that the ankle suddenly rolled in one direction, one or more of these bonds and/or bones they connect to.

In the case of bimallleolar fractures, the wound comes from the outside of the ankle and the contact with the lateral malleolus is established horizontal. This causes Evert and externally rotated so powerful that the deltoid ligament along the inside of the ankle is dragged to the point of the media Malleol, to which it connects from the body of the tibia. Simply rolling ankle is usually not a strong enough injury to damage the bones. Normally, the liga itself is sprained or torn, although most of the time affects talophibular ligaments on the outside of the ankle rather than a hard deltoid ligament.

how deltoid ligament puts down on media Malleolus, talus bones below - to which the other end of the ligament connects - suddenly shifts laterally. This Action Talus either causes the side Malleolus to tear because the talus establishes contact with the distal or at the bottom of the fibula or causes the bones of the fibula to be caught at the bottom of the shaft. Either way, injuries can be referred to as a bimallleolar fracture, although both Malleoli are not affected. To repair the bimalleolar fractures, the surgeons will re -align the bones and re -reintroduce any broken pieces using surgical screws or other implants.