Pott's fracture

Pott's fracture, also known as Pott’s syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture, is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures.^[1] The injury is caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force. This is a fracture of the fibula near the ankle, often accompanied by a break of the medial malleolus of the tibia or rupture and displacement of the internal lateral ligament.

The bimalleolar fractures are less likely to be arthritic than trimalleolar fractures.^[2]

History

English physician Percivall Pott experienced this injury in 1765 and described his clinical findings in a paper published in 1769. ^[3][4]

The term "Dupuytren fracture" refers to the same mechanism,^[5] and it is named for Guillaume Dupuytren.^[6]

References

1. ^ Hunter, T., Peltier, L.F. Lund, P. J. (2000). Radiographics. 20:819-736.
2. ^ Wilson FC (2000). "Fractures of the ankle: pathogenesis and treatment". Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association 9 (2): 105-15. PMID 10901648. 
3. ^ Pott, P. (1769). Some Few General Remarks on Fractures and Dislocations. London, Howes. Clarke. Collins.
4. ^ synd/1126 at Who Named It
5. ^ Sartoris DJ (1993). "Eponymic fractures of the ankle". The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 32 (2): 239-41. PMID 8318982. 
6. ^ Dupuytren, G. (1819). Mémoire sur la fracture de l’extremité inferieure du peroné, les luxations et les accidents qui en sont la suite. Ann med.-chir Hôp. Paris, 1: 2-212.

External links

• 1007026241 at GPnotebook

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