Pott's fracture

The Pott's fracture is a fracture of ( his own ) leg described by Sir Percivell Pott in 1769. He described this as the most common fracture type of all ankle fractures. Nowadays the name Pott 's fracture is no longer used, since the described form of ankle fracture occurs very rarely. In the English -speaking world, the term Pott 's fracture is today used for a bimalleolare fracture.

Clinical manifestations

The fibula breaks above the syndesmosis. In this case, it remains intact. But it comes to a rupture ( tear) of the delta band of the medial collateral ligament of the ankle, so that the talus tilts laterally.

Treatment

The treatment is carried out according to the conventional rules of osteosynthesis and the torn ligaments are also surgically, depending on the patient or conservative treatment. Following acute treatment, a physiotherapy structure follows, which can then turn into a full load after about 6 weeks partial relief of the affected leg.

Literature and sources

• Skeletal Radiology, Elsevier, 2007
• Medium-term results of treatment malleolar fractures of the " Weber -B" as a function of treatment and post-treatment, consequences and treatment rules, Hans -Christoph Langer, 2005

• Fracture