Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability
Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability Markus Walther DEFINITION Lateral ligament injuries of the ankle are treated conservatively with good results in most cases. However, several factors may lead to chronic ankle…
Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction Using Allograft and Interference Screw Fixation
Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction Using Allograft and Interference Screw Fixation William C. McGarvey Thomas O. Clanton DEFINITION Lateral ankle sprains are the most common injury in sports, accounting for 15%…
Hamstring Autografting/Augmentation for Lateral Ankle Instability
Hamstring Autografting/Augmentation for Lateral Ankle Instability Alastair Younger Heather Barske DEFINITION Lateral ligament instability occurs in some patients after an inversion injury.38 Although an inversion injury is common, only a…
Modified Brostrom and Brostrom-Evans Procedures
Modified Brostrom and Brostrom-Evans Procedures Paul J. Hecht Justin S. Cummins Dean C. Taylor Mark E. Easley DEFINITION Lateral ankle injuries are among the most common musculoskeletal injuries in the…
Anatomic Repair of Lateral Ankle Instability
Anatomic Repair of Lateral Ankle Instability Gregory C. Berlet B. Collier Watson Christopher F. Hyer Terrence M. Philbin DEFINITION Ankle sprains are the most common athletic-associated injury: They represent up…
Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation Markus Walther DEFINITION There are several reasons for cartilaginous defects of the ankle: Traumatic injury Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) Degenerative changes The necessity to treat a cartilage defect…
Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: Structural Allograft
Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: Structural Allograft Mark E. Easley Samuel B. Adams Jr. James A. Nunley II DEFINITION Large osteochondral defects of the talar dome, typically involving the talar…
Osteochondral Transfer for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus
Osteochondral Transfer for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus Mark E. Easley Justin Orr DEFINITION Medium-sized osteochondral defects of the talar dome May approach the talar shoulder (transition of superior dome…
Anterior Tibial Osteotomy for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus
Anterior Tibial Osteotomy for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus G. James Sammarco V. James Sammarco DEFINITION Osteochondral lesion of the talus (OLT) may cause significant pain and mechanical symptoms in…
Subtalar Arthroscopy: Perspective 2
Subtalar Arthroscopy: Perspective 2 Christopher E. Gross Mark E. Easley DEFINITION Lateral or posterior subtalar arthroscopy confers diagnostic and potentially therapeutic value in treating subtalar trauma, arthrofibrosis, impingement, and cartilage…
