Ankle´s fracture treated with modified Sherman plate. A case report

Authors

  • Lourdes E. Palanco Domínguez HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE SERVICIO DE ORTOPEDIA Y TRAUMATOLOGÍA ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO
  • Orlando Manuel Pérez Rivera HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE SERVICIO DE ORTOPEDIA Y TRAUMATOLOGÍA ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO
  • Tomas Ortiz Rivera HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE SERVICIO DE ORTOPEDIA Y TRAUMATOLOGÍA ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO
  • Ricardo Mauro Pérez Rivera HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE SERVICIO DE ORTOPEDIA Y TRAUMATOLOGÍA ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO

Keywords:

ANKLE INJURIES /surgery, ANKLE/radiography, BONE PLATES, FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL

Abstract

There were presented the results in the surgical treatment of a patient with left bimalleolar and ankle´s fracture, to whom there was applied a modified Sherman plate, used as stability plates for the forearms fractures, completely useless now days. But it was reduced  and, was very useful for that kind of fracture, because its holes allowed the application of cortical screws of 3.5 mm and 4.5 mm It was obtained a good result and there were also shown the postoperatives radiologies

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Published

2008-07-13

How to Cite

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Palanco Domínguez LE, Pérez Rivera OM, Ortiz Rivera T, Pérez Rivera RM. Ankle´s fracture treated with modified Sherman plate. A case report. RM [Internet]. 2008 Jul. 13 [cited 2025 Jun. 3];12(3). Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/1835

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