ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2023
The lasso-loop technique is equivalent to the simple suture technique in arthroscopic 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
- [Research progress on augmentation repair of anterior talofibular ligament under arthroscopy].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025Review
- Two portals are sufficient for all-inside arthroscopic isolate anterior talofibular ligament repair.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Arthroscopic Primary Repair of Proximal Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears Using a Continuous Bundle Suture Technique With Simplified Suture Passing.Arthroscopy techniques · 2024Article
- Characterization of the CT-based risk factors for concomitant patellofemoral instability in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury.European radiology · 2024Article
- Arthroscopic all-inside ligament repair has similar or superior clinical outcomes compared to open repair for chronic ankle instability without concomitant intra-articular pathology at 5 years follow-up.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Axial orientation of the femoral trochlea is superior to femoral anteversion for predicting patellar instability.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the clinical outcomes of the lasso-loop and simple suture techniques in arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) repair for the treatment of chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI).
methodsFrom 2018 to 2020, patients with CLAI who underwent arthroscopic ATFL repair using the lasso-loop or simple suture technique were matched 1:1 (arthroscopic lasso-loop [AL] group, n = 29; simple arthroscopic suture [AS] group, n = 29) based on age, sex, affected side, body mass index, and follow-up duration using propensity score matching and retrospectively evaluated. Karlsson score, visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Tegner score, anterior drawer test (ADT) results, complications, patient-reported satisfaction, and magnetic resonance (MR) re-evaluation findings of ATFL quality were used to describe the outcomes.
resultsThe patient characteristics or follow-up durations did not significantly differ between the two groups. The Karlsson score, VAS score, and Tegner score improved significantly in both groups after a mean follow-up duration of 29.6 ± 2.8 months. The postoperative clinical scores, ADT results, satisfaction rates, complication rates and MR re-evaluation findings were not significantly different between the two groups at the latest follow-up.
conclusionThe lasso-loop technique was equivalent to the simple suture technique in arthroscopic ATFL repair for the treatment of CLAI after a minimum follow-up of 2 years, suggesting that the simple suture technique is sufficient for arthroscopic ATFL repair in most patients without the need to add a lasso loop. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.
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