Open AccessDislocation of the proximal tibiofibular joint
Author(s) -
Miroslav Milankov,
Vaso Kecojević,
Nemanja Gvozdenović,
Mirko Obradović
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1310387m
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , fibula , internal fixation , tibia , surgery , anatomy
Dislocation of the proximal tibiofibular joint is a rare injury. It occurs during a sports activity that includes rough twisting movements of the bent knee. The role of the proximal tibiofibular joint is to reduce torsional loads to the ankle, to distribute the bending moment of the outer side of tibia, and transfer the vertical load while standing. In the literature there is no larger series; only several cases of the proximal tibiofibular joint dislocation treated by different methods have been published so far.