[Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the ankle]

Ankle lesions are problematic because of their frequency its anatomy and physiology are complex, disturbances of its functions are caused by the smallest c change of the anatomic relations. It is not able to put the fracture into line by the settled therapy; so these lesions are very frequent in our operative programme. the most important are the lateral maleolus -- its ligamentary part and the tibiofibular syndesmosis. The special emphasis is given to physiology and pathology of the ankle, the Weber's pathoanatomic classification of the ankle lesions is also given in this article.