First Step Evaluation of Patient with Foot and Ankle Injury

Year 2021, Volume: 30 Issue: 4, 185 - 208, 30.12.2021

Mevlana Ömeroğlu

https://doi.org/10.17827/aktd.905091

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Foot and ankle injuries may be due to ligament strain or complicated and unstable distant bone fractures depending on the direction and shape of the trauma. Early diagnosis and treatment prevent complications and long-term morbidity. The specialist should take the patient’s history and determine the mechanism and nature of the trauma (recurrent or not) and post-trauma mobilization predictions to evaluate an injured foot and ankle. The trauma mechanism generally points to the possible location of the damage. Trauma size critical for determining the time it takes the injury to recover and the patient to return to work, which can be shortened by the right immobilization. Foot and ankle injuries are more common in indoor court athletes and people with reduced proprioceptive senses and restricted foot dorsiflexion. The specialist should identify preventable and modifiable risk factors and take necessary measures.

Keywords

ANKLE INJURY, FOOT INJURY, LOW EXTREMİTY FRACTURES

Birinci Basamakta Ayak ve Ayak Bileği Travmalı Hastaların Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Ayak ve ayak bileği yaralanmaları bu anatomik lokalizasyondaki bağların gerilmesinden kaynaklanabileceği gibi travmanın yönünne, şekline göre uzak kemik kırıklarına neden olabilecek komplike unstabil kırık şeklinde de olabilir. Yaralanmanın erken tanınıp uygun tedavinin uygulanması komplikasyonları ve uzun dönem morbiditeyi önlemek anlamında önemlidir. Travmatik ayak ve ayak bileği değerlendirilirken dikkatlice öykü alınmalıdır. Travmanın mekanizması, hastanın travma sonrası mobilizasyonun öngörüleri ve tekrarlayan bir travma olup olmadığı belirlenmelidir. Yaralanmanın mekanizması hasarın oluşacağı yeri genelde gösterir. Yaralanmanın boyutu, iyileşme için gereken süre ve işe dönme yeteneğini belirlemede önemlidir. Uygun immobilizasyon bu süreyi kısaltabilir. Propriyoseptif duyularında azalma, ayağı dorsifleksiyonda kısıtlılığı olanlarda, kapalı kort sporu yapanlarda ayakve ayak bileği yaralanma riski artmaktadır. Önlenebilir ve değiştirilebilir risk faktörleri belirlenmeli ve tedbir alınmalıdır.

Keywords

AYAK TRAVMASI, AYAK BİLEĞİ TRAVMASI, ALT EKSTREMİTE KIRIKLARI

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