The anterior talo-fibular ligament reconstruction in surgical treatment of chronic lateral ankle instability

Chronic lateral ankle instability causes significant problems in physical activity and accelerates development of osteoarthritic changes. The results of treatment for chronic ankle instability are often meets controversial. A surgical reconstruction of ATFL as described in this paper was performed d...

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Published in:International orthopaedics 2010-10, Vol.34 (7), p.991-996
Main Authors: Trč, Tomáš, Handl, Milan, Havlas, Vojtech
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Ankle Injuries - pathology
Ankle Injuries - physiopathology
Ankle Injuries - surgery
Ankle Joint - pathology
Ankle Joint - physiopathology
Ankle Joint - surgery
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Joint Instability - pathology
Joint Instability - physiopathology
Joint Instability - surgery
Lateral Ligament, Ankle - pathology
Lateral Ligament, Ankle - physiopathology
Lateral Ligament, Ankle - surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Orthopedics
Prospective Studies
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Recovery of Function
Young Adult
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Summary:Chronic lateral ankle instability causes significant problems in physical activity and accelerates development of osteoarthritic changes. The results of treatment for chronic ankle instability are often meets controversial. A surgical reconstruction of ATFL as described in this paper was performed during the period 1997–2005 on 47 patients (26 male, 21 female), with a mean age of 29.3 years. The average follow-up period was 46.2 months. All patients had clinical examination, X-ray and MRI. The mean values of the Good score improved from an average 3.32 prior to surgery to 1.19 one year after the operation. Paired t -tests showed improvements of great significance ( p  
ISSN:0341-2695
1432-5195
DOI:10.1007/s00264-010-0995-7