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The surgery would be one or two screws above his ankle joint to bring the tibia and fibula together, to stabilise his ankle while the torn ligament heals.
The “syndesmosis” is just the name of any fibrous joint - in this case the tibio- fibular ligament, which binds the two bones above your ankle (tibia is the big shin bone and fibula the thinner lateral bone) together to make a hinge at the ankle. It is a tight ligament with very little mobility. All the pundits use the word as though it is the injury! The “syndesmosis injury” aka high ankle sprain is when this ligament is torn. Daly said he felt something go, which would have been this ligament. It’s different to your usual ankle sprain where the medial (inner) or lateral ligaments between either tibia or fibula and the foot bones are stretched or torn.
Not really my part of the body but hope this helps!