Wagstaffe–Le Fort avulsion fracture explained

Le Fort's fracture of the ankle is a vertical fracture of the antero-medial part of the distal fibula with avulsion of the anterior tibiofibular ligament,[1] opposite to a Tillaux-Chaput avulsion fracture

The injury was described by Léon Clément Le Fort in 1886.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Tim B Hunter . Leonard F Peltier . Pamela J Lund . 2000 . Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys? . RadioGraphics . 20 . 829 . 10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00ma20819 . 10835130.
  2. Le Fort . LC . 1886 . Note sur une variete non-decrite de fracture verticale de la malleole externe par arrachement. . Note on an undescribed variety of vertical fracture of the lateral malleolus by avulsion. . Bull Gen Ther. 110 . 193–199 .

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