“Does a dislocated ankle need surgery?”
My son dislocated his ankle. Is it serious? Does a dislocated ankle need surgery?
15 Answers
Dislocation of an ankle is serious. as far as surgery, only a doctor that examined your son can answer this question.
It depends on how bad the dislocation is. Sometimes, they can give local anesthesia and pop the bones back in place.
It depends if the dislocation causes fractures, if not, usually requires splinting for a time period to let the ligaments repair. If the dislocation is severe, sometimes it does require surgery to fix the ligaments.
Missy Journot
Missy Journot
This is a question that I cannot answer. Wherever the diagnosis was made a dislocated ankle that physician should evaluate and explain the treatment protocol. This is too wide of a diagnosis for any type of discussion on treatment.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yes
yes
Almost 100%of the time a young person with a dislocated ankle needs some kind of fixation to stabilize a dislocation that will require surgery and allow them to have normal ankle motion as they get older.
Without seeing the X-rays, it is hard to assess. Generally, I would say yes, but you need to see a specialist.
Typically yes dislocated ankles require surgery
Yes. Most times an ankle that has been dislocated requires surgery due to ligament injuries and potentially fractures that occur.
A dislocated ankle can oftentimes be relocated without surgery. It can be done right in the ER and requires local anesthesia as long as the patient can tolerate it. With that said, surgery may be required if there is damage to the tendons, ligaments, and or joint surfaces. Post-reduction X-rays and MRI would be needed to determine that.
Yes it is serious and it needs surgery most of the time.
This is hard to give a blanket answer, because there are a lot of different scenarios for this type of injury, but generally without more information I would say yes, to repair the ankle ligaments and any fractures that are associated with the ankle dislocation, generally there is some fractures or joint related injuries that need to be dealt with surgically.
Most of the time, yes, a dislocated ankle usually involves broken bones, torn ligaments, sometimes involves tendons and tendon damage/tears, and results in an unstable ankle. Most need surgery.
Dislocated ankle will need to be put back into place. This will possibly require surgery or what is called closed reduction if possible. I recommend you discuss with a foot and ankle surgeon and had have this addressed sooner than later
