Pediatric Trauma: Review Questions
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Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following case. A 13-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with left ankle pain after a fall that occurred while he was playing football. After the injury, he was unable to bear weight and ambulate on the left ankle. Physical examination reveals significant edema around the ankle and tenderness to palpation medially and laterally. Motor and sensory function is intact distally, and there are no abrasions or wounds to the skin. Plain radiographs and a computed tomography (CT) scan of the left ankle are obtained (Figure 1).
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تاریخ انتشار 2009