background ankle injuries are one of the most common presentations in emergency department. ottawa ankle rules (oars) have been used to predict the requirement of radiographs. objectives this study aimed to validate the oars protocol for predicting ankle and midfoot fractures in indian population. patients and methods a prospective study was conducted in a teaching hospital in north india, duri...

In a sports medicine center, we prospectively evaluated the Ottawa Ankle Rules over 1 year for their ability to identify clinically significant ankle and midfoot fractures and to reduce the need for radiography. We also developed a modification to improve specificity for malleolar fracture identification. Patients with acute ankle injuries (< or = 10 days old) had the rules applied and then had...

OBJECTIVE To determine if the Ottawa ankle rules are valid in the setting of an urban teaching hospital in the UK. DESIGN A prospective survey. SETTING Accident and emergency department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow from 1 April 1995 to 31 August 1995. SUBJECTS 800 patients with an acute ankle injury. RESULTS 800 patients were used for analysis of which 584 (73%) were radiographed; 70 (12...

BACKGROUND Foot and ankle injuries are frequent in emergency departments. Although only a few patients with foot and ankle sprain present fractures and the fracture patterns are almost always simple, lack of fracture diagnosis can lead to poor functional outcomes. AIM The present study aims to evaluate the reliability of the Ottawa ankle rules and the orthopedic surgeon subjective perception ...

Sprain of the ankle is undoubtedly a common injury during athletic activity, and the sprain can be also associated with fracture of the ankle. Isolated posterior malleolus fracture is a very rare condition, which is usually missed. Here, we are presenting a 37 years old female patient, who suffered injury secondary pressing on brake pedal during collision in a traffic accident. Clinical evaluat...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether accident and emergency (A&E) nurses using the Ottawa Ankle Rules could detect all ankle fractures. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING A&E department of a university teaching hospital. SUBJECTS All patients who presented with ankle injuries who were initially assessed by a nurse taught the Ottawa Ankle Rules. OUTCOME MEASURES (1) The numbers of pa...

OBJECTIVE To validate the Ottawa ankle rules protocol for predicting ankle and midfoot fractures in Greek athletes. METHOD A prospective survey in the emergency departments of a district general hospital and a sports injury clinic in Greece over nine months. A clinical evaluation was made of 122 patients with acute ankle and/or midfoot injury, and then radiographs were taken. RESULTS Nine a...