Excessively anterior placement of the fibular interfragmentary screw can result in a malreduced ankle syndesmosis – a technical report

The detection of often missed, syndesmotic injury in ankle fractures is important to reduce unacceptable clinical outcomes including possible future ankle arthritis. A case is presented in which the malpositioning of an interfragmentary screw has caused malreduction

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