ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020
Knotless anchor repair produced similarly favourable outcomes as knot anchor repair for anterior talofibular ligament repair.
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- Increasing age is associated with worse sports function but not daily living function following arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament repair.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Negative impact of increasing age on clinical outcomes of arthroscopic lateral ankle ligament repair for chronic lateral ankle instability.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Clinical outcomes of arthroscopic lateral ligament repair using a knotless anchor for chronic lateral ankle instability.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2024Article
- One double-loaded suture anchor is sufficient for all-inside arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament repair.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Deltoid ligament (DL) repair produced better results than DL nonrepair for the treatment for rotational ankle instability.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Ankle Sprains in Athletes: Current Epidemiological, Clinical and Imaging Trends.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2023Review
- Absorbable suture anchor and knotless anchor techniques produced similar outcomes in arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament repair.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Comparison of Biomechanical Failure Loads Between Tape-Type and Conventional Sutures in Internal Knotless Anchor-Based Constructs.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare clinical function after knot anchor versus knotless anchor repair of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) in patients with chronic lateral ankle instability.
methodsAll patients who underwent arthroscopic surgical ATFL repair using knot or knotless suture anchors were included in this study. Functional scores (American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), Karlsson score and Tegner activity scores) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were used to evaluate the ankle with a follow-up of at least 2 years.
resultsA total of 52 patients with chronic ankle instability were included in this study. Among these patients, 23 patients underwent one knot anchor repair procedure (Group A), and the other 29 patients underwent one knotless anchor repair procedure (Group B). At the final follow-up, there were no significant differences between Group A and Group B regarding the AOFAS score (89 ± 9 vs 84 ± 11; ns), Karlsson score (82 ± 14 vs 75 ± 18; ns), or Tegner activity score (4 ± 1 vs 4 ± 2; ns). There also were no significant differences in the mean ATFL signal-noise ratio (SNR) value (7.5 ± 4.4 vs 7.3 ± 2.9; ns) or ATFL angle (82° ± 7° vs 84° ± 9°; ns) between the groups.
conclusionWhen compared with knot repair, knotless repair of the lateral ankle ligament produced similar functional outcomes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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