Augmented Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction

The goal of lateral ankle ligament reconstruction should be to permit early functional rehabilitation after surgery. But morbidity of knee tendon harvest and the added expense and rejection of allograft continues. This title intends to modify an augmented Brostrom technique for lateral ankle ligament reconstruction in highly athletic patients.

A two-year followup study - conducted in this highly athletic patient population using AAOS-validated measurement scores for both physical and mental components - demonstrates significantly improved post-operative function. Many patients in this athletic population were able to return to running marathons and participating in triathlons without any recorded incident of recurrent sprains. Patients who have inverted their ankles post-operatively have noted recovery within days.