How to treat right medial malleolus fracture

Some women who usually walk in high heels may easily fracture their right medial malleolus if they are not careful. Sometimes, if people miss a step when going up and down the stairs, it is also easy to cause a fracture of the right medial malleolus. Therefore, how to treat the fracture of the right medial malleolus is a problem that many friends need to pay attention to. The specific treatment methods for the fracture of the right medial malleolus are as follows:

Right medial malleolus fracture is more common than lateral malleolus fracture. It is often caused by severe ankle sprain and is often accompanied by ankle ligament damage. Therefore, when the X-ray diagnoses a simple medial malleolus fracture, it is necessary to consider whether there is a rupture of the lateral malleolus ligament. A lateral stress test under anesthesia or a magnetic resonance imaging of the ankle joint can be performed for differentiation.

For simple right medial malleolus fracture without displacement, the right ankle joint can be fixed in a 90-degree functional position with plaster. It usually takes one month and repeated X-rays. If the fracture has not moved and the fracture line is blurred, the external fixator can be removed and functional exercises of the ankle joint flexion and extension with the help of crutches can be started. Weight-bearing is not allowed. Rehabilitation treatment can be started after the fracture, such as local magnetic heat therapy, wax therapy after removing the plaster, and Chinese medicine fumigation and washing.

Because plaster fixation takes a long time, surgical treatment is required for patients with higher requirements or combined with rupture of the lateral ankle ligament. Currently, minimally invasive endoscopic surgery can be used, and absorbable screws can often be used for fixation. There is no need to remove the screws again, while ordinary screws need to be removed again through surgery. After the operation, there is no need to use external fixation such as plaster, and the flexion and extension exercises of the ankle joint can be resumed earlier, which has a better effect on the functional recovery of the ankle joint.

This article has already introduced in great detail how to treat right medial malleolus fractures. Many patients are accustomed to exercising when they feel that their fractures have almost healed, but this often backfires, because if you walk without making sure that the right medial malleolus fracture has completely healed, it can easily worsen the condition of the right medial malleolus fracture, thereby prolonging the healing time. I hope patients understand this.