Portable dynamic ultrasonography is a useful tool for the evaluation of suspected syndesmotic instability: a cadaveric study.

Noortje Catharina HagemeijerB LubbertsJ SaengsinR BhimaniG SatoG R WaryaszG M M J KerkhoffsC W DiGiovanniD Guss

Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA (2022)

P-US is a useful tool in diagnosing syndesmotic instability during external rotation stress examination. TFCS-opening increased as additional ligaments of the syndesmosis were transected, and application of 4.5 Nm torque was sufficient to detect a difference of 2.6 mm after the IOL cut.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
photodynamic therapy
pulmonary embolism
contrast enhanced
stress induced
computed tomography