Open AccessDetection of radiographically occult ankle fractures following acute trauma: positive predictive value of an ankle effusion.
Author(s) -
Timothy W.I. Clark,
D L Janzen,
Kendall Ho,
Anton Grunfeld,
D G Connell
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.164.5.7717229
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , ankle , predictive value , effusion , radiology , ankle injury , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
The purpose of our study was to determine if the presence of an ankle effusion on plain radiographs after acute ankle trauma is predictive of occult ankle fracture when no fracture is visible on the standard radiographic series.