Delayed Reconstruction of Post Traumatic Ankle Malunion: A case report

Abstract

Treatment of acute ankle fractures is clear in the approach; however, questions about delayed repair of chronic malunited ankle fractures still remain. Illustrated here is a case report of a 49 year old female that presented with a bimalleolar malunion, with severe lateral talar displacement and valgus position. She presented to our clinic 8 months following the initial injury. In the presence of mild to moderate degenerative changes at the tibio-talar articulation open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) was performed without complication. Proper anatomic alignment was established and stable fixation achieved.