Technique tip: a revised method of the Cotton test for intra-operative evaluation of syndesmotic injuries.
The Cotton test assists the orthopaedic surgeon in the intra-operative evaluation of potential incompetence of the ankle syndesmosis. A variation of this test is proposed that simplifies this test, while providing a direct distraction force to the syndesmotic ligamentous complex.
Mizel
Mark S
MS
mmizel@med.miami.edu
D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000843:Ankle Joint; D005360:Fibula; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D013977:Tibia