Pilon fractures

Abstract

JA is a 47-year-old male who presents to the emergency department with a chief complaint of right leg and ankle pain after falling 12 ft from a ladder and landing on his right leg. He denies pain in any other extremity or his back and is unable to bear any weight on his right lower extremity. On primary survey he demonstrates a GCS of 15, a patent airway, and is hemodynamically stable. On secondary survey, no gross deformity is noted of his right lower extremity.