[Progress of diagnosis and treatment of ankle fractures combined with acute deltoid ligament injury].

Objective: To review the diagnosis and treatment of ankle fractures combined with acute deltoid ligament injury. Methods: Recent literature concerning the diagnosis and treatment of ankle fractures combined with acute deltoid ligament injury was reviewed. Results: Misdiagnosis is common for ankle fractures combined with acute deltoid ligament injury. A diagnosis is given based on patients' complaints, symptoms, and imaging examination, even surgical exploration is necessary. Whether to repair the deltoid ligament remains controversial. Conclusion: Deltoid ligament is an important structure to stabilize the medial ankle joint. However, treatment of different kinds of ankle fractures combined with acute deltoid ligament injury should be standardized; whether or not repair deltoid ligament is determined by the intraoperative ankle stability.