bimalleolar fracture

Studies have shown that bimalleolar fractures are more common in women, people over 60 years of age, and patients with existing comorbidities.

According to some studies, patients with bimalleolar fractures had significantly worse function in the ankle one year after surgical treatment.

The bimalleolar fractures are less likely to be arthritic than trimalleolar fractures.

Bimalleolar fracture - involving the lateral malleolus and the medial malleolus.

A bimalleolar fracture is a fracture of the ankle that involves the lateral malleolus and the medial malleolus.

If both the lateral and medial malleoli are broken, this is called a bimalleolar fracture (some of them are called Pott's fractures).

Fractures of the tibia can be divided into those that only involve the tibia; Bumper fracture, Segond fracture, Gosselin fracture, Toddler's fracture, and those including both the tibia and fibula; Trimalleolar fracture, Bimalleolar fracture, Pott's fracture.