A trimalleolar ankle fracture is when your ankle breaks in three separate places. Only 7% of all ankle breaks are trimalleolar ankle fractures. They are rare, and they are among the worst kinds of ...

Trimalleolar fracture is a specific injury in the ankle, where three areas known as the malleoli break simultaneously. Doctors will often treat this type of fracture with surgery. People should ...

A trimalleolar fracture is a type of ankle fracture. It happens when you fracture three different areas in your ankle called the malleoli. It usually requires surgery to stabilize the ankle. The ...

Trimalleolar fracture is the fracture of the ankle involving three bones in the lower leg, namely medial malleolus, lateral malleolus, and the posterior part of the tibial bone.

Researchers saw no differences in union rate, infection, implant failure or return to the OR between patients operatively treated for trimalleolar ankle fractures who were assigned to early weight ...

Q: When should a surgical treatment be done for trimalleolar fracture? A: A surgery may be recommended only if the fracture is out of place and the ankle is unstable. A surgery may be necessary in ...

Researchers in Singapore have determined a connection between the posterior malleolar fragment size in trimalleolar fractures and the likelihood of undesirable postoperative outcome. “Patients ...

Rendon injured his ankle on July 14 while playing for the United States National Team on its annual summer tour. In his standout collegiate season of 2010, the Houston native helped lead the Rice ...

Williams sustained a trimalleolar fracture: a fracture that involves the distal edge of a leg’s tibia and each of the corresponding ankle’s malleoli, which are the bony protuberances. The ...