High ankle fracture post op drama!! Help!!

[physiobob]

I suppose if the distance between the tibia and the fibular (not so much talus and this is secondary) has widened this is due to tearing of the syndesmosis connective tissue between those two bones. OR the alignment of the fibula is not great. I would want to ascertain why the gap is there and what structure they are suggesting that they wish to operate on. Any fhance you could post pre and post x-ray images?

[devoy1]

This is from the E.R. an hour after the injury. I do not have the x-rays at the moment, but I will get them tomorrow.You can see my tibula kind of pushing out a lot in the pic. My fibula was busted on the other side into a few chunks maybe three inches above the ankle, and also piking out the opposite way(did not break skin though, thank god!) I am pretty sure that he is talking about the gap between my tibula and talus. When they put everything back they said it was about a 2mm gap, and it has since expanded to about 5.4mm which is apparently (according to him at least, going to promise me arthritis in 25-35 years) I am 100% lost hear so I really really appreciate your input! I know every injury is unique, but this guys xrays look a whole lot like mine to give you an idea for now. http://www.physiobob.com/forum/patie...ted-ankle.html
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