OTTAWA ANKLE RULES

Authors
STIELL I
Citation
I. Stiell, OTTAWA ANKLE RULES, Canadian family physician, 42, 1996, pp. 478-480
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Canadian family physician → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008350X
Volume
42
Year of publication
1996
Pages
478 - 480
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-350X(1996)42:<478:OAR>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The Ottawa ankle rule project demonstrated that more than 95% of patie nts with ankle injuries had radiographic examinations but that 85% of the films showed no fractures. A group of Ottawa emergency physicians developed two rules to identify clinically important fractures of the malleoli and the midfoot. Use of these rules reduced radiographic exam inations by 28% for the ankle and 14% for the foot.