Pott's fracture

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**Pott's fracture**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-10	S82.6
ICD-9	824.4-824.5

Pott's fracture, also known as Pott’s syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture, is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures. The injury is caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force. This is a fracture of the fibula near the ankle, often accompanied by a break of the medial malleolus of the tibia or rupture and displacement of the internal lateral ligament. English physician Percivall Pott experienced this injury in 1765 and described his clinical findings in a paper published in 1769.

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[edit] References

Wilson, F. C. (2000). Fractures of the ankle: pathogenesis and treatment. South Orthop Assoc. Summer. 9(2):105-15.
Hunter, T., Peltier, L.F. Lund, P. J. (2000). Radiographics. 20:819-736.

[edit] Publications

Sartoris, D. J. (1993). Eponymic fractures of the ankle. J Foot Ankle Surg. Mar-Apr;32(2):239-41.
Dupuytren, G. (1819). Mémoire sur la fracture de l’extremité inferieure du peroné, les luxations et les accidents qui en sont la suite. Ann med.-chir Hôp. Paris, 1: 2-212.
Pott, P. (1769). Some Few General Remarks on Fractures and Dislocations. London, Howes. Clarke. Collins.