Over a 10-year period, 19 patients were seen who had the clinical features of disruption of the syndesmotic ligaments of the ankle ... Residual instability of the syndesmosis itself did not ...

Care must be taken to fix the syndesmosis with the ankle in maximum dorsiflexion to avoid compromise of this movement postoperatively. Unfortunately, the adequacy of the syndesmotic reduction ...

Many sprains can heal well without surgery or even medical care, but certain "sprains" can be much more serious. The high ankle or syndesmosis sprain and the mid-foot sprain are two such injuries.

A high ankle sprain is a syndesmosis injury that involves just the ligaments. A syndesmosis injury may also involve a ligament sprain and one or more fractures. This usually requires surgery.

Finally, the transition to automated 3D measurement techniques for assessing the ankle syndesmosis has shown promise in improving diagnostic accuracy. By establishing normative data and evaluating ...

ADELAIDE forward Lachie Murphy will miss at least two months after undergoing surgery on a right ankle syndesmosis injury suffered in Saturday night's Showdown loss to Port Adelaide. Murphy went down ...

Published results showed time to weight-bearing after open reduction and internal fixation in patients with ankle fractures ...

GEELONG captain Joel Selwood will have surgery on his left ankle after scans confirmed he suffered a syndesmosis injury in Friday night's 46-point loss to Sydney. However, the club expects the 29-year ...

Star midfielder Adam Treloar will have surgery to repair an ankle syndesmosis ligament injury. The 28-year-old sustained the injury in the second quarter of Saturday night’s big win against St Kilda, ...

Bayern Munich defender Juan Bernat underwent successful ankle surgery on Monday ... a tear in the syndesmosis in the left ankle." Reports in Germany suggest Bernat is facing six to eight weeks ...