Anatomy of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis in adults: A pictorial essay with a multimodality approach

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 633-645

  Hermans, John J ^a   Beumer, Annechien ^b   De Jong, Ton A W ^a   Kleinrensink, Gert Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle; CT; Macroscopy; Microscopy; MRI; Tibiofibular syndesmosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBULA; HUMAN; INCISURA FIBULARIS; INTEROSSEOUS LIGAMENT; JOINT; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDESMOSIS INJURY; SYNDESMOTIC RECESS; TIBIOFIBULAR SYNDESMOSIS; TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; FIBULA; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

INCISURA;

EID: 78349296443     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01302.x     Document Type: Article

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