Open AccessA Rare Dislocation: Isolated Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Dislocation
Author(s) -
İbrahim Arzıman,
Yavuz Katırcı,
Serkan Bïlgïç,
Salim Kemal Tuncer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the annals of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-663X
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.236
Subject(s) - medicine , dislocation , joint (building) , anatomy , surgery , crystallography , structural engineering , chemistry , engineering
Isolated dislocation of proximal tibiofibular joint is one of the rarelyencountered and easily overlooked traumas in ER departments. Injurymechanism can not be elucidated entirely; however it occurs commonlyby sudden inversion of foot, concurrently knee is at flexionand foot is at plantar flexion. Diagnosis can be made by determiningswelling and sensitivity increase at proximal tibia with comparinghealthy side and radiological imaging techniques. Treatment is stilla challenging and controversial issue and most of the cases are approachedconservatively; for selected cases, it is possible to carry outsurgical stabilization. We have reported the case, an isolated dislocationof the proximal tibiofibular joint in a football player