Early local experience of ankle arthrography and its influence on management of patients with ankle injury.
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.
Chee
S G
SG
Department of Radiology, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
Khoo
T K
TK
Chong
B K
BK
Tan
K P
KP
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