How to assess ankle mortise instability in isolated lateral malleolar fractures? - Diagnostic value and accuracy of clinical findings, the stress test and MRI
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Recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue
- Registration Number
- KCT0002398
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyung Hee University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
All skeletally mature patients with an age of more than 16 years old who had a unilateral Lauge-Hansen SER-type isolated lateral malleolar fracture with no medial widening or incongruity on standard ankle radiographs in our hospital
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with a pathologic fracture, a concomitant tibial shaft fracture, a previous fracture or other notable injury of either ankle, peripheral neuropathy, pregnancy, or soft-tissue infection in the region of the ankle injury
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Association between physical exmainiation finding (tenderness, swelling, ecchymosis), radiographic examination (gravity stress test, external rotation test) and magnetic resonance imaging.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The bone marrow edema observed in the medial malleolus and medial talus as well as a subtle fracture not previously evident on x-rays are also analyzed.