MRI of isolated distal fibular fractures with widened medial clear space on stressed radiographs: Which ligaments are interrupted?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cheung, Yvonne ^a   Perrich, Kiley D ^a   Gui, Jiang ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Goodwin, Douglas W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Fibula; Ligaments; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ANKLE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149218227     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1092     Document Type: Article

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