What are the different types of ankle fractures?
Most common ankle fractures 1-Lateral malleolus fracture. 2-Bimalleolar ankle fracture. 3-Trimalleolar ankle fracture. 4-Pilon fracture (also called a plafond fracture).
What is the Pilon fracture of the ankle?
Pilon fracture (also called a plafond fracture): This is a fracture through the weight-bearing “roof” of the ankle (the central portion of the lower tibia) " tibial plafond".
- medial malleolus shows comminuted fracture reaching to the tibiotalar articular surface.
- lateral malleolus shows mildly displaced transverse fissure fracture reaching to the fibulotalar articular surface.
- dense bone island is noted at the talar neck.