Wagstaffe–Le Fort avulsion fracture

Le Fort's fracture of the ankle is a vertical fracture of the antero-medial part of the distal fibula with avulsion of the anterior tibiofibular ligament,[1] opposite to a Tillaux-Chaput avulsion fracture

The injury was described by Léon Clément Le Fort in 1886.[2]

See also

Ankle fracture

References

Tim B Hunter; Leonard F Peltier; Pamela J Lund (2000). "Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys?". RadioGraphics. 20: 829. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00ma20819. PMID 10835130.
Le Fort, LC (1886). "Note sur une variete non-decrite de fracture verticale de la malleole externe par arrachement" [Note on an undescribed variety of vertical fracture of the lateral malleolus by avulsion.]. Bull Gen Ther. 110: 193–199.

External links

Le Fort's fracture of the ankle at Who Named It?

Fractures and cartilage damage

General

Spinal fracture

Shoulder fracture

Clavicle
Scapular

Humerus fracture:	Proximal Supracondylar Holstein–Lewis fracture
Forearm fracture:	Ulna fracture Monteggia fracture Hume fracture Radius fracture/Distal radius Galeazzi Colles' Smith's Barton's Essex-Lopresti fracture

Pelvic fracture

Leg

Tibia fracture:	Bumper fracture Segond fracture Gosselin fracture Toddler's fracture Pilon fracture Plafond fracture Tillaux fracture
Fibular fracture:	Maisonneuve fracture Le Fort fracture of ankle Bosworth fracture
Combined tibia and fibula fracture:	Trimalleolar fracture Bimalleolar fracture Pott's fracture
Crus fracture:	Patella fracture
Femoral fracture:	Hip fracture

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