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Seventy consecutive patients who underwent preoperative bilateral computed tomography (CT) scans were enrolled. Group A consisted of 20 patients intraoperatively diagnosed with syndesmotic injuries according to an intraoperative stress test and group B consisted of 50 patients who had nosyndesmotic injuries. The tibiofibular overlap (TFO) and tibiofibular clear space (TFCS) were measured using preoperative ankle radiographs. Measuring the anterior fibular distance (AFD), posterior fibular distance (PFD), anterior translation distance (AT), fibular diastasis (FD), anterior-posterior translation (APT), fibular length (FL), and surface area of syndesmosis (SAS) 1.0 and 1.5 which 1.0 cm and 1.5 cm above the tibial plafond was done via preoperative CT scan. The ratio of measurements (Injured\/Intact) of the TFO, PFD, APD, and SAS 1.0 showed statistically significant differences. The researchers identified the SAS 1.0 as the most reasonable parameter to predict transfixation using receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. 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