Eponymous ankle and talus injuries
Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of ankle and talus injuries, fractures and conditions.
Tag ankle fracture
Cotton fracture
Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) described in 1915 by Frederic Jay Cotton (1869-1939); fracture of the ankle that involving the lateral malleolus, medial malleolus and distal posterior aspect of the tibia (posterior malleolus).
Frederic Jay Cotton
Frederic Jay Cotton (1869–1939) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) and Cotton-Loader position (hyper-flexed wrist with ulna deviation in closed reduction of distal radius fractures)
Paul Tillaux
Paul Jules Tillaux (1834-1904) French Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Tillaux fracture. First to describe 'Aïe crépitant de Tillaux'
Shepherd fracture
Sherpherd fracture: Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the lateral tubercle caused by inversion or extreme equinus (1882)
Cedell fracture
Cedell fracture (1974): Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the posteromedial tubercle caused by forced dorsiflexion and pronation
Tillaux fracture
Fracture of the anterolateral tibial epiphysis commonly seen in adolescents. (Salter-Harris III tibial fracture) aka Tillaux-Chaput fracture.
Niels Lauge-Hansen
Niels Lauge-Hansen (1899 – 1976) was a Danish Radiologist. Eponymously linked with the Lauge-Hansen classification of ankle fractures in 1950
Danis-Weber classification
Danis-Weber classification is a method of describing ankle fractures. It has three categories, based primarily upon the fracture of the fibula
Maisonneuve Fracture
Maisonneuve fracture - Upper 1/3 fibula fracture; disruption of distal tibiofibular syndesmosis with medial malleolus fracture or deep deltoid ligament tear
Robert Danis
Robert Danis (1880 – 1962) was a Belgian general surgeon affiliated with the Danis-Weber ankle fracture classification.
Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve
Jacques Gilles Maisonneuve (1809-1897) was an eminent French Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Maisonneuve fracture