Patients with ankle arthritis, a widened mortise and minor talar tilt experienced less pain in the short term after distal tibial osteotomy without fibular osteotomy, according to study results. From ...

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This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. The impact of a sprained ankle may travel up the leg and cause the fibula ...

Figure 1: Low Risk Ankle Rule. If a child presents with a low-risk injury on examination (i.e., tenderness and swelling isolated to the distal fibula or adjacent lateral ligaments distal to the tibial ...

A high ankle sprain is a sprain in the upper ligaments of your ankle, above the ankle itself. These ligaments are attached to the fibula and the tibia, stabilizing the entire area for activities like ...

It's a win-win: applying the Low Risk Ankle Rule to children who present to the emergency department (ED) with an ankle injury reduces unnecessary X-ray exposure and lowers the cost of care for both ...

The Ottawa knee and ankle rules are a validated set of assessment tools to help the clinician decide whether an X-ray is needed after an acute injury to the knee or the foot and ankle. The rules are ...