Score: Danis-Weber classification

Use: Ankle fractures

Type A

  • Level of fibular fracture: below syndesmosis
  • Injury to syndesmosis: absent
  • Type B

  • Level of fibular fracture: at the level of the syndesmosis
  • Injury to syndesmosis: present
  • Type C

  • Level of fibular fracture: above syndesmosis
  • Injury to syndesmosis: present
  • Reference

    Classification and Diagnosis in Orthopaedic Trauma. Editors: Rahij Anwar, Kenneth W. R. Tuson, Shah Alam Khan. Cambridge University Press, 2008