Haraguchi classification

{{short description|Method to classify an ankle fracture}}

The Haraguchi classification is a system of categorizing posterior malleolus fractures.{{cite journal | title=Pathoanatomy of posterior malleolar fractures of the ankle |vauthors=Haraguchi N, Haruyama H, Toga H, Kato F | journal=J Bone Joint Surg Am | year=2006 | volume=88 | issue=5 | pages=1085–92 | pmid=16651584 | doi=10.2106/jbjs.e.00856}}

Classification

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Type

! Description

I

| Posterolateral-oblique type

II

| Medial-extension type

III

| Small-shell type

References