Treatment of lateral ankle instability patient-specific remnant approach.

Abstract

Lateral ankle instability is one of the most common problems seen in the orthopaedic setting. Proper diagnosis is essential in order to provide the ideal treatment for these patients. All patients are subjected to nonoperative management in the form of functional rehabilitation. For those, however, who did not respond well to therapy, surgical treatment is then recommended. There are several surgical techniques available which have been meticulously studied and discussed in previous articles. The focus of this paper is on the author's perspective on choosing the surgical technique based on the quality of the anterior talofibular ligament and calcaneofibular ligament remnants. All patients are subjected to a diagnostic arthroscopy, where the remnant is assessed. The procedure then of doing an all-arthroscopic, open Modified Brostrom or anatomic reconstruction is then chosen based on this initial assessment.