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What Is Syndesmotic Injuries?

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Syndesmotic injuries can also result from severe eversion or inversion ankle sprains. Excessive eversion at the Subtalar joint can tear the deltoid ligament, force the talus to push the fibula laterally, and eventually damage the tibiofibular ligaments. Severe inversion injuries damage the lateral ankle ligaments and can also disrupt the ankle mortise and fibular stability, the tibia and fibula usually separate and spontaneously reduce. In the eversion and inversion mechanisms, the lateral malleolus, distal fibula, or medial malleolus usually fractures before the syndesmosis ligaments rupture

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