A posterior malleolus fracture is a break on the lower back side of the shin bone. Ankle surgery is often required to fix a posterior malleolus fracture, and recovery may take months.

After ankle fracture, a supervised exercise program does not improve recovery of activity limitation or quality of life compared with advice alone, according to a new randomized trial.

Ankle fractures remain a prevalent and clinically challenging injury, frequently complicated by concomitant intra‐articular lesions that can adversely affect long‐term outcomes.

Wearing a cast for three weeks is as good as six for healing ankle fractures. For stable ankle fractures, shorter immobilization periods are not only convenient but also heal faster than ...

Wearing a cast or ankle support for three weeks is just as successful as the usual six weeks for healing ankle fractures, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.

If a Maisonneuve fracture isn’t treated, the result can be long-term ankle instability and early-onset arthritis. A Maisonneuve fracture is the result of two injuries that happen at the same time.

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. Read about treatment and more.

Time-driven activity-based costing may offer a better cost estimation of resources needed to treat patients with ankle fractures compared with traditional cost accounting, according to recently ...