Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability Using an Inferior Extensor Retinaculum Flap: A Retrospective Study.

Chronic lateral ankle instability causes significant problems with physical activity. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the results of ligamentous retensioning combined with reinforcement using an extensor retinaculum flap. A consecutive series of 38 patients were included with a minimum follow-up duration of 2 years.

Patellar tendon autograft reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament with and without lateral plasty in advanced-stage chronic laxity. A clinical, prospective, randomized, single-blind study using passive dynamic X-rays.

Purpose: A prospective randomized study was performed to assess the influence of extra-articular ilio-tibial band tenodesis on the results of arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in patients with advanced-stage chronic anterior laxity of the knee.

Methods: Preoperatively, the two constituent groups of our series of 120 patients: group 1 (Kenneth Jones) and group 2 (Kenneth Jones+extra-articular ilio-tibial band tenodesis) were strictly comparable with regard to demographic data, activity level, interval between the injury and the operation, and even objective laxity. Through radiological measurements made by passive dynamic X-rays, we studied the evolution of the objective laxity on the two compartments (medial and lateral) of the knee before the surgery and in review.