ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2017
Five-Year Outcomes After Treatment for Acute Instability of the Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Using a Suture-Button Fixation System.
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- Return-to-Sport Outcomes After Suture Button Fixation for Syndesmotic Injury in Elite Athletes With Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability: A Prospective Case Series.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Full Return to Sport in All Athletes After Suture-Button Fixation for Syndesmotic Injuries; However, Faster Recovery Was Seen in National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Players Compared with National Football League Players.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Disclosed Industry Funding Does Not Increase Positive Outcomes in Studies on Suture Button Fixation for Ankle Syndesmotic Injuries: A Systematic Review.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Suture button systems for coronoid fracture fixation: a biomechanical time-zero pilot study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- A systematic review of studies on the diagnostics and classification system used in surgically treated, acute, isolated, unstable syndesmotic injury: a plea for uniform definition of syndesmotic injuries.EFORT open reviews · 2024Article
- Ankle Sprains in Athletes: Current Epidemiological, Clinical and Imaging Trends.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2023Review
- Treatment of Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Injury Associated with Ankle Fractures with Suture Button.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2022Article
- Application of an arched, Ni-Ti shape-memory connector in repairing distal tibiofibular syndesmosis ligament injury.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- A 10-Year Follow-Up of Ankle Syndesmotic Injuries: Prospective Comparison of Knotless Suture-Button Fixation and Syndesmotic Screw Fixation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Evidence-Based Surgical Treatment Algorithm for Unstable Syndesmotic Injuries.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A Novel Adjustable EndoButton Fixation Assisted by 3D Printing Technology for Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Injury: A Biomechanical Study.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Maisonneuve injury with no fibula fracture: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Return to play after surgery for isolated unstable syndesmotic ankle injuries (West Point grade IIB and III) in 110 male professional football players: a retrospective cohort study.British journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- MRI for high ankle sprains with an unstable syndesmosis: posterior malleolus bone oedema is common and time to scan matters.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019Article
- [Advanced cartilage imaging for detection of cartilage injuries and osteochondral lesions].Der Radiologe · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundSuture-button repair is a widely accepted surgical treatment for acute and isolated ankle syndesmosis injuries. To our knowledge, midterm results have not previously been reported. PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical, qualitative, and quantitative radiological midterm outcomes of suture-button repair after acute isolated ankle syndesmosis injuries. STUDY
designRetrospective case series; Level of evidence, 4.
methodsClinical outcomes were measured using the Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) score. Three-tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed bilaterally at the ankle. Besides morphological sequences for evaluation of the syndesmosis and degenerative changes of the ankle using the Ankle Osteoarthritis Scoring System (AOSS), the MR protocol included a coronal 2-dimensional multislice multiecho sequence for quantitative cartilage T2-weighted mapping. Spearman correlations and paired
resultsThis retrospective study included 19 consecutive patients (mean age, 29.7 ± 11.5 years) with acute isolated syndesmosis injuries treated with a suture-button system between January 2006 and June 2014, with a mean follow-up of 5.1 ± 2.6 years. Postoperatively, the median FADI score was 136 (range, 78-136), and the median AOFAS score was 100 (range, 87-100). Seventeen (89.5%) patients reported to have reached their preinjury level of sports activities. MRIs of 16 patients were obtained and all showed intact anterior and posterior syndesmotic ligaments; however, in most patients, the previously injured syndesmotic ligament was thickened compared with the uninjured ankle. Average width of the anterior (
conclusionSuture-button fixation is an excellent treatment for acute and isolated syndesmosis injuries, resulting in stable ankles without early or advanced osteoarthritic changes at midterm follow-up.
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