title: [Treatment of a pregnant patient with bilateral traumatic bimalleolar ankle fracture: a case report].
abstract: The incidence of ankle fractures has been increasing among all fractures due to skeletal traumas. Bimalleolar fractures account for 25% of all ankle fractures. Bilateral traumatic bimalleolar ankle fracture is a very rare condition. In such a clinical presentation, pregnancy managed with cesarean procedure complicates the situation due to increased risk of venous thromboembolism and fatal pulmonary embolism. In this article, we report a 25-year-old female case within an eight-month pregnancy period who had bilateral bimalleolar ankle fracture due to an accident in a motor-vehicle and the clinical and radiological results of surgical treatment were discussed in the light of current literature data.
authors: Metin Sabanci Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 34470 Baltalimanı, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Yunus
authors: Y
authors: Atıcı
authors: Onat
authors: O
authors: Üzümcügil
authors: Merter
authors: M
authors: Yalçınkaya
authors: Ayşegül
authors: A
authors: Atıcı
authors: Yavuz Selim
authors: YS
authors: Kabukçuoğlu
authors: Yusuf
authors: Y
authors: Öztürkmen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D064386:Ankle Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011859:Radiography