Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle
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Case Report: Closed Posteromedial Dislocation of the Ankle without Medial Malleolar Fracture

Jakrapong Orapin¹, Paphon Sa-ngasoongsong¹, Sorawut Thamyongkit^1,2, Noratep Kulachote¹, Sukij Laohajaroensombat^1*, Chanyut Suphachatwong¹ and Pornchai Mulpruek¹

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

²Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Ramathibodi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

*Corresponding Author:

Laohajaroensombat S
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital
Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: 02-201-1589
Fax: 02-201-1599
E-mail: lasukij@hotmail.com

Received date: Jul 07, 2016; Accepted date: Aug 05, 2016; Published date: Aug 16, 2016

Citation: Orapin J, Sa-ngasoongsong P, Thamyongkit S, Kulachote N, Laohajaroensombat S, et al. (2016) Case Report: Closed Posteromedial Dislocation of the Ankle without Medial Malleolar Fracture. Clin Res Foot Ankle 4:197. doi:10.4172/2329-910X.1000197

Copyright: © 2016 Orapin J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Closed ankle dislocation without associated fractures of malleoli is a very rare condition and has been reported sparsely in literatures. We present two cases of this type of injury. All patients were treated conservatively with immediate closed reduction and immobilization in a short leg slab. Mechanism of injury, MRI findings, management, functional outcome and possible complications were discussed. Sufficient immobilization period with gradual ankle joint motion exercise with brace support resulted in good to excellent clinical outcomes. A review of the literature is also presented in this paper.

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