Peroneus brevis tendon rupture in ankle fracture: a case report

VernacularTitle: 踝关节骨折合并腓骨短肌腱断裂一例报告
Author: Feng ZHANG ¹ ; Lei HUANG ; Haiqing WANG ; Wenbo XU ; Lufeng YAO ; Yanzhao ZHU ; Chengchun SHEN ; Haoyang REN
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1. Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Ningbo No. 6 Hospital, Ningbo 315040, China
Publication Type:Case Reports
From: Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2019;39(9):585-588
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: This study shows the case of a patient with peroneus brevis tendon rupture in ankle fracture. The patient com-plained of swelling, pain and activity limitation in her right ankle caused by sprain. She was diagnosed with ankle fracture, supina-tion-adduction (Lauge-Hansen typing) by medical history, physical examination and imaging. The peroneus brevis tendon was not-ed complete ruptured when suturing the incision after ORIF, which was then repaired by "8" shaped suture. Based on literature re-view, the injury mechanism of the case may be because of overload inversion force toward to lateral inferior from the fracture of fib-ula on the peroneus brevis tendon. Additional attention should be paid to patients who suffered from an supination-adduction ankle fracture for whether peroneus brevis tendon tears before and during surgery.