Treatment of a pregnant patient with bilateral traumatic bimalleolar ankle fracture: A case report [Gebe hastada iki tarafli travmatik bimalleoler ayak bilegi kirigi tedavisi: Olgu sunumu]

The incidence of ankle fractures has been increasing among all fractures due to skeletal traumas. bimalleolar fractures account for 25% of all ankle fractures. bilateral traumatic bimalleolar ankle fracture is a very rare condition. in such a clinical presentation,pregnancy managed with cesarean procedure complicates the situation due to increased risk of venous thromboembolism and fatal pulmonary embolism. in this article,we report a 25-year-old female case within an eight-month pregnancy period who had bilateral bimalleolar ankle fracture due to an accident in a motor-vehicle and the clinical and radiological results of surgical treatment were discussed in the light of current literature data.