Pott's fracture, also known as 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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- 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.
