title: Osteoligamentous injuries of the medial ankle joint.
abstract: Injuries of the ankle joint have a high incidence in daily life and sports, thus, playing an important socioeconomic role. Therefore, proper diagnosis and adequate treatment are mandatory. While most of the ligament injuries around the ankle joint are treated conservatively, great controversy exists on how to treat deltoid ligament injuries in ankle fractures. Missed injuries and inadequate treatment of the medial ankle lead to inferior outcome with instability, progressive deformity, and ankle joint osteoarthritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Baselland, 4410, Liestal, Switzerland. patrick.loetscher@ksbl.ch.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lötscher
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Baselland, 4410, Liestal, Switzerland. tamara.hornlang@ksbl.ch.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Baselland, 4410, Liestal, Switzerland. lukas.zwicky@ksbl.ch.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zwicky
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Baselland, 4410, Liestal, Switzerland. beat.hintermann@ksbl.ch.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hintermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Baselland, 4410, Liestal, Switzerland. markus.knupp@ksbl.ch.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knupp
mesh_terms: D064386:Ankle Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods; D001863:Bone Screws; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Ankle fracture; Ankle sprain; Deltoid ligament injury; Medial ankle ligaments