AO/OTA classification of the tibial malleolar fractures
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2].
Overview[1][2]
The AO/OTA Classification of the tibial malleolar fractures published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (Compendium and support material) the issue of January 2018.
AO/OTA classification of the tibial malleolar fractures
AO/OTA classification of tibial malleolar fractures
| Infrasyndesmotic | 44-A1
44-A2 44-A3 |
isolated fibula fracture
fibula fracture with a medial malleolar involvement fibular fracturewith a posteromedial involvement |
| Transsyndesmotic | 44-B1
44-B2 44-B3 |
isolated fibula fracture
fibula fracture with a medial involvement fibula fracture with a medial injury and the posterolateral rim involvement (Volkmann’s fragment) |
| Suprasyndesmotic | 44-C1
44-C2 44-C3 |
simple diaphyseal fibula fracture
wedge or multifragmentary diaphyseal fibula involvement proximal fibula fracture |
References
- ↑ Juto H, Möller M, Wennergren D, Edin K, Apelqvist I, Morberg P (November 2016). "Substantial accuracy of fracture classification in the Swedish Fracture Register: Evaluation of AO/OTA-classification in 152 ankle fractures". Injury. 47 (11): 2579–2583. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2016.05.028. PMID 27645617.
- ↑ Boszczyk A, Fudalej M, Kwapisz S, Klimek U, Maksymowicz M, Kordasiewicz B, Rammelt S (January 2018). "Ankle fracture - Correlation of Lauge-Hansen classification and patient reported fracture mechanism". Forensic Sci. Int. 282: 94–100. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.11.023. PMID 29182957.