Can Patient Effort Influence Sensitivity & Specificity of the Gravity Stress View? Assessing the Potential for False Negative Results

Category: Ankle; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: In the setting of apparently isolated distal fibula fractures, the radiographic gravity stress view (GSV) has been validated as a reliable method to determine mortise stability. Based on previous studies demonstrating that plantarflexion can increase the...

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Main Authors: Kimberly K. Broughton MD, Christopher P. Miller MD, MHS, Caroline Williams MS, Kristen L. Stupay MD, John Y. Kwon MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011420S00146