RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARNATAKA

Associated fractures can be found anywhere from 2 cm above the ankle joint proximally to the fibular head (Maisonneuve fracture). Whereas a typical ankle sprain is caused by inversion, the mechanism of injury for a syndesmotic injury is dorsiflexion of the ankle or external rotation of the leg or a combination of dorsiflexion and external rotation. ................
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