Acute clinical evaluation for syndesmosis injury has high diagnostic value

CONCLUSIONS: In an acute clinical setting with patients reporting high levels of ankle pain, a negative overall clinical suspicion reduces the probability of syndesmosis injury. Eversion mechanism of injury and a positive squeeze test are associated with higher odds of syndesmosis injury.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.PMID:35508553 | DOI:10.1007/s00167-022-06989-2

Source: Pain Physician - May 4, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Thomas P A Baltes Omar Al Sayrafi Javier Arn áiz Maryam R Al-Naimi Celeste Geertsema Liesel Geertsema Louis Holtzhausen Pieter D'Hooghe Gino M M J Kerkhoffs Johannes L Tol Source Type: research