Fractures and dislocations, diagnosis and treatment (1915)
Preston, Miller Edwin, 1879- [from old catalog], Stover, H. G. [from old catalog] · St. Louis, C. V. Mosby company · leaf 691
offand displaced. The constant element in Potts fracture consists of a fractureof the fibula within two or three inches of the lower tibio-fibulararticulation. The variable element is at the inner malleolus, wiiereeither the deltoid ligament is ruptured or the tip of the innermalleolus torn away.… … Fig. 729.—Potts fracture with the usual outward displacement. Note the spacebetween the inner malleolus and the astragalus. Fig. 730.—Variant of Potts fracture. Incomplete fracture of fibula with avulsionof portion of tibia, corresponding to insertion of lower tibio-fibular ligament.
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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