Early local experience of ankle arthrography and its influence on management of patients with ankle injury
Chee, S.G.; Khoo, T.K.; Chong, B.K.; Tan, K.P.
Singapore Medical Journal 32(2): 130-133
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 1904165 Document Number: 380706
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.