Recurrent medial ankle instability: the result of distal fibular growth arrest.
Recurrent medial ankle instability is an uncommon clinical entity. A case that resulted from a distal fibular physeal arrest is described. Symptoms resolved after a one-stage fibular lengthening.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208.
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D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000254:growth & development; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence