Evaluation of the integrity of the deltoid ligament in supination external rotation ankle fractures: A systematic review of the literature

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-235

  den Bekerom, Michel P J ^a   Mutsaerts, Eduard L A R ^a   Dijk, C Niek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Deltoid ligament; Diagnosis; Ecchymosis; Stress radiographs; Swelling; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ANKLE EDEMA; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CINAHL; DELTOID LIGAMENT INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECCHYMOSIS; EMBASE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIBULA FRACTURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANKLE INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 59749105465     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0768-6     Document Type: Article

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