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Image diagnosis: ankle fractures and dislocations.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bhat, Sundeep Ram Garmel, Gus M. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Sundeep r Bhat, MD, is an Emergency Medicine Resident in the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program. E-mail: sbhat@stanford.edu. Gus M Garmel, MD, fACEP, fAAEM, is a Senior Emergency Medicine Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center. He is also the Co-Program Director of the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Surgery) at Stanford University. He is a Senior Editor for The Permanente Journal. E-mail: gus.garmel@kp.org. Figure 1. Anterior-posterior view of the ankle Standard radiographs for suspected ankle injury include anteriorposterior (AP), lateral, and mortise views.1,2 On this AP radiograph, the solid white arrow demonstrates a subtle fracture of the distal fibula; the ankle mortise is intact. On AP ankle films, cortical disruption or talar tilt should be identified. If tibiofibular overlap (TFO)—the distance between the lateral border of the tibia and the medial border of the fibula—is less than 10 mm, or the tibiofibular clear space (TCS)—the distance between the medial border of the fibula and the lateral aspect of the posterior tibial malleolus—is greater than 5 mm, associated syndesmotic injury is likely. Greater than 2 mm difference between the lateral and medial joint space above the talus indicates talar tilt suggestive of medial or lateral disruption of this joint.1,2 |
| Starting Page | 541 |
| Ending Page | 541 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/files/Summer2010PDFS/Image%20Diagnosis-%20Ankle%20Fractures%20and%20Dislocations.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 20740120v1 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Journal | The Permanente journal |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Accident and Emergency department Ankle Injuries Ankle Mortise Ankle brachial pressure index (observable entity) Ankle joint structure Bone structure of tibia Conventional (Clear Cell) Renal Cell Carcinoma Dislocations Email Emergency medical service Fibula Joint space Journal Impact Factor Plain x-ray Syndesmotic Injuries Talus |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
