Weber B Distal Fibular Fracture Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound

We report the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department (ED) after an acute ankle inversion injury. After history and physical exam suggested a potential fracture, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) demonstrated a cortical defect of the distal fibula, consistent with fractu...

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Autores principales: Makinen, James, Koehler, Jessica, Tirgari, Sam, Amponsah, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Depatment of Emergency Medicine 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5973609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849422
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2016.11.32270
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description We report the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department (ED) after an acute ankle inversion injury. After history and physical exam suggested a potential fracture, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) demonstrated a cortical defect of the distal fibula, consistent with fracture. Plain radiography failed to demonstrate a fracture. Later, the fracture was identified as a Weber B distal fibular fracture by stress-view radiography. This case reviews the evaluation of acute ankle injuries in the ED and the utility of POCUS as a supplemental imaging modality in the evaluation of ankle fracture.
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spelling pubmed-59736092018-05-30 Weber B Distal Fibular Fracture Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound Makinen, James Koehler, Jessica Tirgari, Sam Amponsah, David Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report We report the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department (ED) after an acute ankle inversion injury. After history and physical exam suggested a potential fracture, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) demonstrated a cortical defect of the distal fibula, consistent with fracture. Plain radiography failed to demonstrate a fracture. Later, the fracture was identified as a Weber B distal fibular fracture by stress-view radiography. This case reviews the evaluation of acute ankle injuries in the ED and the utility of POCUS as a supplemental imaging modality in the evaluation of ankle fracture. Depatment of Emergency Medicine 2016-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5973609/ /pubmed/29849422 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2016.11.32270 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Makinen et al. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_full Weber B Distal Fibular Fracture Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound
title_fullStr Weber B Distal Fibular Fracture Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound
title_full_unstemmed Weber B Distal Fibular Fracture Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound
title_short Weber B Distal Fibular Fracture Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound
title_sort weber b distal fibular fracture diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
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