The lateral malleolus is at the end of the fibula, a smaller bone in the leg. When part of this bone fractures, the ankle can become unstable. A fracture can be caused by a fall, a blow to the ...

You probably know the medial malleolus as the bump that protrudes on the inner side of your ankle. It’s actually not a separate bone, but the end of your larger leg bone — the tibia, or shinbone.

Because of the absence of radiography and the inchoate state of biomechanics, knowledge of ankle injuries before ... though the lateral malleolar fracture runs posteriorly and upward, whereas ...

Forming the top of your ankle joint, meanwhile, is the fibula distal aspect ... the type of fibular fracture you experience. Some of the most common include: Lateral malleolus fractures ...

Back to Healio Recently published results showed fibula fixation is not necessary to obtain or maintain alignment in the treatment of distal tibia fractures ... and lateral X-rays were defined ...