Figure 3

Schematic representation showing the four main bone fragments in a distal tibial intra-articular fracture due to axial compression. The anterior fragment on which the anterior articular capsule is attached (A), the medial fragment which includes the medial maleollus (B) the lateral fragment, pulled by the tibiofibular syndesmosis (Γ), the posterior fragment consisting of the posterior maleolus (Δ).