Clinical outcomes of concurrent surgery with weight bearing after modified lasso-loop stitch arthroscopic ankle stabilization.

Purpose: To determine the effects of unilateral and bilateral ankle stabilization surgery with or without additional concurrent procedures for other pathologies on return to activity in patients who were allowed unrestricted weight bearing postoperatively.

Methods: Ninety-three athletes underwent 120 ankle stabilization surgeries including 27 that underwent bilateral simultaneous surgery using the all-inside arthroscopy-modified lasso-loop technique and were divided into two groups: arthroscopic ligament repair alone without concurrent procedures (group A) and with simultaneous procedures for other pathologies (group B). Group A was further subdivided into unilateral (group A1) and simultaneous bilateral ankle surgery (group A2), and group B into ankle stabilization surgery with simultaneous procedures not requiring weight bearing postoperatively (Group B1) and with concurrent procedures allowing weight bearing (Group B2).