MRI Anatomy of Ankle Ligaments: Syndesmosis

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In this video, part 3 of my ankle ligament series, I cover the syndesmosis and all other ligaments of the distal tibiofibular joint. Including the anteroinferior tibiofibular ligament, the interosseous tibiofibular ligament, the posteroinferior tibiofibular ligament, the interosseous membrane, the intermalleolar ligament, and Bassets ligament. In addition, I show you important anatomic landmarks such as the Wagstaff Le-Fort tubercle, Chaput's tubercle, Volkmann's tubercule and the incisura fibularis of the tibia.

This anatomy is very important for the assessment of MRI with regards to high ankle sprains, which are not rare, especially in athletes.

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I’m PD Dr. med. Christoph Agten, an MSK radiologist and mentor. I founded the Virtual MSK Fellowship, where 200+ radiologists have mastered MSK faster than they thought possible. I’m a teleradiologist who's completed MSK fellowships in Zurich and NYU, written 40+ research papers, and published the bestselling book SPEED MSK.

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[gtkona]

Hi Dr. Agten. Outstanding presentations! What is your 3D sequence? Thanks. GT, Radiologist

[janee]

Thanks. The difference between the Lig. transversum and the posterior Syndesmoses remained unclear to me.

[PTSuperSte]

Are these videos recommended to give a self diagnosis as the NHS health professionals did not even mention high ankle sprain and told me I had soft tissue damage. Now my ankles in some serious pains

[abdulmanaf-zpdk]

Please do you need surgery if you have a partial tear of the posterior inferior tibiofibular?

[emrepakdemirli]

Hi Dr. Agten. Is Agten tubercle already confirmed in the literature 😅

[stevejodoin]

What MRI machine do you use? Phillips?