ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Trauma to the Ankle
Expert Panel on Musculoskeletal Imaging, Smith SE, Chang EY, Ha AS, Bartolotta RJ, Bucknor M, Chandra T, Chen KC, Gorbachova T, Khurana B, Klitzke AK, Lee KS, Mooar PA, Ross AB, Shih RD, Singer AD, Taljanovic MS, Thomas JM, Tynus KM, Kransdorf MJ. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Nov;17(11S):S355-S366. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.09.014. PMID: 33153549.
The American College of Radiology released an evidence-based guideline to define “best practices for imaging evaluation for several variants of patients presenting with acute ankle trauma”. The document addresses 6 scenarios when Ottawa Rules can and cannot be evaluated as well as specific injuries. To document starts with 6 clinical scenarios. Each scenario has a brief table listing various imaging procedures, their level of appropriateness, and relative radiation level. The authors provide a literature review and a detailed discussion of each clinical scenario.