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Patients who have abduction injuries to the foot are prone to injure the following structures:

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Patients who have abduction injuries to the foot are prone to injure the following structures:

  1. Medial malleolus and deltoid.
  2. Lateral malleolus and deltoid ligament
  3. Interosseous ligament.
  4. Posterior tibiofibular ligament.
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waelhammad
2022-12-11
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A. Medial malleolus and deltoid.

DISCUSSION: If the mechanism of fracture is an abduction force, the medial malleolus fractures below or at the level of the ankle joint, and this may include tears of the deltoid ligament. These are usually accompanied by a fibula fracture as well.

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