title: Early local experience of ankle arthrography and its influence on management of patients with ankle injury.
abstract: Ankle arthrography was performed on 64 patients with a history of ankle injury from 21 January 1986 to 11 October 1988. There was a male predominance in the ratio of 15 to 1 and the mean age of our patients was 22 years. A total of 65 arthrograms were obtained as one patient had bilateral ankle arthrograms. Of these, 29 arthrograms were normal. A year after completing this study, we attempted to retrieve our patients' case-notes and reviewed their subsequent management. Our results showed that multiple factors influenced the further management of our patients and arthrogram did play a role in this respect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Khoo
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001175:Arthrography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged