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 anterior ...
A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1). The patient was appropriately resuscitated, given IV ...
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 ...