Avoid putting any pressure on the ankle during the most-painful acute stage. Google “ankle gout,” and you’ll immediately wish you hadn’t. There are countless photos of people with massive ...

Background Persistent complaints are very common after a lateral ankle sprain however, prognostic factors are largely unknown. Objective To examine the five-year prognosis and potential prognostic ...

However, the differential diagnosis of an “ankle injury” is much broader. To avoid missing less common but important conditions (ie, acute limb ischemia) the clinician should perform a ...

Although ruptures of the ankle ligaments are very common, treatment selection remains controversial. In a recent systematic review of the available literature, it was found that treatment of an acute ...