Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Carefully consider implant selection in patients with ankle fractures who are older and osteopenic. Consider ...

The incidence rates of all fractures were marginally lower in patients with newly treated type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with those without T2D, but the incidence rates varied according to fracture ...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a significant risk factor for impaired fracture healing [1, 2]. Understanding molecular mechanisms responsible for the negative impact of diabetes on fracture ...

A trimalleolar ankle fracture is when your ankle breaks in three separate places. Only 7% of all ankle breaks are trimalleolar ankle fractures. They are rare, and they are among the worst kinds of ...

The lateral malleolus is the bone on the outside of the fibula. A lateral malleolus fracture is a type of ankle fracture that occurs when the fibula fractures just above the ankle joint. It is the ...

A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests putting weight on an ankle – also known as weight bearing – within three weeks of recovering from a surgically repaired fracture ...

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. The impact of a sprained ankle may travel up the leg and cause the fibula ...

A sprained ankle occurs when a person stretches or tears the ligaments in the ankle. An ankle fracture occurs when someone breaks one or more of the bones in their ankle. A sprained ankle may cause ...