Acute rupture of the peroneal retinaculum

Eckert, W.R.; Davis, E.A.

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 58(5): 670-672

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355
PMID: 932065
Document Number: 99943
The anatomy of the superior peroneal retinaculum at the ankle includes a sheath somewhat distinct from a fibrous lip extending from the periosteum of the fibula at the lateral aspect of the lip of the groove. In seventy-three cases of injury to the retinaculum, three grades of injury were recognized. Surgical repair was quite successful except in three cases.

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