Acute and chronic syndesmosis injuries: pathomechanisms, diagnosis and management.
Both acute and chronic syndesmotic injuries can lead to significant morbidity. The key to management of acute injuries is anatomic reduction of the fibula and the syndesmosis. A high index of suspicion for syndesmotic injuries will allow the surgeon to avoid the difficult reconstruction options for chronic diastasis.
Espinosa
Norman
N
Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction, Mercy Medical Center, 301 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. noresp@gmx.net
Smerek
Jonathan P
JP
Myerson
Mark S
MS
D000208:Acute Disease; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans