ArticleArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery2024
Loosening of the anterolateral capsule affects the stability after arthroscopic lateral ankle ligament repair of chronic ankle instability.
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- All-Inside Arthroscopic Lateral Capsular Shift for Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability With Poor Ligament Remnants: A Retrospective Comparative Study With the Arthroscopic Modified Bröstrom Procedure.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- 2025 Chinese clinical practice consensus and guideline on chronic lateral ankle instability.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Morphological Characteristics of Lateral Ankle Ligament Injuries Associated With Recurrent Instability After Arthroscopic Repair for Chronic Ankle Instability: 3D Volume Rendering MRI Model Analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Negative impact of increasing age on clinical outcomes of arthroscopic lateral ankle ligament repair for chronic lateral ankle instability.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- [Simplified all-arthroscopic Broström technique in treatment of chronic lateral ankle instability in adolescents].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025Article
- The Effect of Repairing the Integrity of the Calcaneofibular Ligament During Calcaneal Fracture Surgery on Postoperative Ankle Joint Function.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeArthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) repair for chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI) has been widely performed. The recurrence of the instability after the surgery sometimes occurs, which may cause the development of osteoarthritis. Therefore, it is important to elucidate the factors of the recurrence. This study aimed to evaluate the loosening of the capsule in the MRI and whether it affected clinical outcomes or not in arthroscopic ATFL repair. MATERIALS AND
methodsThirty-eight ankles in 35 patients with CLAI treated by arthroscopic lateral ligament repair were included. The capsule protrusion area defined as the area that protruded ATFL laterally from the line connecting the fibula and talus attachment on MRI was measured. Capsule protrusion area in ankles with or without CLAI was compared and the relationships between it and clinical outcomes were assessed.
resultsThe capsule protrusion area in the CLAI group (74.2 ± 36.4 mm
conclusionsCapsule loosening would be one of the causes of the recurrence of instability after arthroscopic lateral ankle ligament repair. Evaluation of the capsule protrusion area on MRI is helpful to choose appropriate surgical procedures for CLAI patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4:
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