Pediatric Ankle Fractures
Pediatric Ankle Fractures
Anthony I. Riccio, MD Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Update 07/2016
Pediatric Ankle Fractures
The Ankle is the 2nd most Common Site of Physeal Injury in Children
10-25% of all Physeal Injuries Occur About the Ankle
Pediatric Ankle Fractures
Primary Concerns Are:
? Anatomic Restoration of Articular Surface ? Restoration of Symmetric Ankle Mortise
? Preservation of Physeal Growth ? Minimize Iatrogenic Physeal Injury ? Avoid Fixation Across Physis in Younger Children
Salter Harris Classification
Prognosis and Treatment of Pediatric Ankle Fractures is Often Dictated by the Salter Harris Classification of Physeal Fractures
Type I and II Fractures: Often Amenable to Closed Tx / Lower Risk of Physeal Arrest Type III and IV: More Likely to Require Operative Tx / Higher Risk of Physeal Arrest
Herring JA, ed. Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics, 5th Ed. 2014. Elsevier. Philadelphia, PA.
ISOLATED DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURES
Distal Fibula Fractures
? The Physis is Weaker than the Lateral Ankle Ligaments ? Children Often Fracture the Distal Fibula but.... ? ...ligamentous Injuries are Not Uncommon
? Mechanism of Injury = Inversion of a Supinated Foot
? SH I and II Fractures are Most Common ? SH I Fractures: Average Age = 10 Years ? SH II Fractures: Average Age = 12 Years
Distal Fibula Fractures
Lateral Ankle Tenderness
SH I Distal Fibula Fracture vs. Lateral Ligamentous Injury (Sprain)
Distal Fibula Fractures
? Sankar et al (JPO 2008)
? 37 Children ? All with Open Physes, Lateral Ankle Tenderness + Normal
Films ? 18%: Periosteal Bone Formation at 3 Weeks
? Boutis et al (JAMA Pediatr 2016)
? 140 Children with Ankle Injuries - Prospectively Enrolled ? All With Normal Films ? 135 Underwent Ankle MRI ? 3%: Salter Harris I Distal Fibula Fractures ? 80%: Isolated Ligamentous Injuries
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