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Case 1 - anteroposterior (a) and lateral (b) pre-operative radiographs after the reduction of the posterior dislocation.
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F1
Hospital after sustaining an injury to his left ankle. He described an SER-type injury, and the X-rays revealed a trimalleolar fracture with posterior dislocation of the ankle (Fig. 1).
Case 1 - post-operative radiograph.
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F2
The horizontal avulsion fragment was too small and was fixed to the larger fragment with a K-wire (Fig. 2).
PMC7210907_02
Case 2 - anteroposterior (a) and lateral (b) pre-operative radiographs after the reduction of the posterior dislocation.
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F3
A 22-year-old female teacher sustained a trimalleolar fracture with posterior dislocation of her right ankle (Fig. 3).
Case 2 -post-operative radiograph.
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F4
A standard medial approach was used to fix both medial malleolar fragments with screws (Fig. 4).