TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ankle Joint Dislocation Reduction A1 - Ives Tallman, Crystal A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - The foot and the ankle are commonly injured parts of the body. Fractures of the ankle associated with dislocations of the ankle joint (i.e., fracture-dislocations) or isolated ankle dislocations without fracture are serious injuries that can lead to long-term morbidity. Ankle dislocations are high-energy injuries that occur most commonly in young people from sports, falls, or motor vehicle collisions.1-3 The ankle mortise and surrounding ligaments make the ankle joint strong and stable. This makes isolated ankle dislocations uncommon. Ankle dislocations are usually associated with malleolar fractures or a fracture of the tip of the tibia. They are open 25% of the time. There are limited data on the mechanism of injury. Most ankle dislocations lead to posterior or posteromedial displacement and occur from a force against a plantarflexed foot. Definitive management of fracture-dislocations is most often surgical. The patient benefits from early analgesia and prompt reduction. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159801908 ER -