Description
Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture): fracture of the ankle that involving the lateral malleolus, medial malleolus and distal posterior aspect of the tibia (posterior malleolus).
History
1910 – Cotton in his text book ‘Dislocations and Joint-Fractures pp540-550‘ outlines the mechanism and reduction of Pott fracture with posterior luxation and fracture
1915 – Cotton described in minute detail 53 cases of bimalleolar fracture with posterior luxation and fracture of the distal posterior tibia; mechanism of causation; reduction and operative treatment. [JAMA. 1915;64:318–321.]
Associated Persons
- Frederic Jay Cotton (1869 – 1939)
- Percivall Pott (1714 – 1788)
Alternative names
- Trimalleolar fracture
- Pott fracture with backward dislocation of the lower fragment
References
- Cotton FJ. A new type of ankle fracture. JAMA. 1915;64:318–321.

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