J Korean Radiol Soc.  1983 Dec;19(4):851-856. 10.3348/jkrs.1983.19.4.851.

Radiologic evaluation of ankle fractures

• Lee WW
• Park HW
• Park IK

• KMID: 2463115
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1983.19.4.851

Abstract

The injuries to the ankle joint complex can cause not only bony fractures but also assoicated ligamentrupture. Understanding of the mechanism of those injuries is important for the radiologist to give moreinformation to the orthopedist to identify ligament injuries and then to fix the fractures. In 1948, Lauge-Hansendevised a classification of ankle fractures based on the position of the foot and direction of injuring force atthe time of injury. On the vasis of location and appearance of the fibular fracture, 4 type of injuries areidentified; pronation-abduction (PA), prnation-external rotation (PER), supination-adduction (SA), andsupination-external rotation (SER). 60 cases of ankle fracures treated at Kyung Pook, National University Hospitalfrom Jan, 1973 to Dec. 1982 were analized and classified. The results are as follows; 1. Male was more frequetnlyaffected than female and the sex ratio was 4:1. 2. The most commonly affected age group was 20's. 3. Right sidewas more frequetnly affected than left. 4. Among 4 types, the most common was SER type (33.3%) and next were PER(30.3%), SA(16.7%), and PA(13.3%) types.

MeSH Terms

Ankle Fractures*
Ankle Joint
Ankle*
Classification
Female
Foot
Humans
Ligaments
Male
Sex Ratio