Shikai Xiong, Xing Xie, Weili Shi, Shuai Yang, Keying Zhang, Yanbin Pi, Linxin Chen, Dong Jiang, Yuelin Hu, Chen Jiao, Qinwei Guo
PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of anatomic repair procedure for chronic anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) injury at the talar side, and to compare the outcomes between patients with and without concomitant avulsion fractures. It was hypothesized that anatomic repair procedure could produce similarly satisfactory outcomes for those two groups. METHODS: Thirty-nine consecutive patients with chronic ATFL injuries at the talar side who underwent anatomic repair procedure at the department of sports medicine at Peking University Third Hospital between 2013 and 2018, were retrospectively evaluated...
November 12, 2023: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy