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Comparison of MRI results and operative findings (chronic).
| Degree of injury | ATFL |
CFL |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery (+) | Surgery (−) | Surgery (+) | Surgery (−) | |
| Normal | ||||
| MRI (+) | 0 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| MRI (−) | 1 | 32 | 2 | 15 |
| Partial tear | ||||
| MRI (+) | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| MRI (−) | 9 | 16 | 10 | 23 |
| Complete tear | ||||
| MRI (+) | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| MRI (−) | 6 | 20 | 5 | 29 |
+ indicates presence of; − indicates absence of.
ATFL = anterior talofibular ligament; CFL = calcaneofibular ligament; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.
