Abstract
Since 1989, Six patients (one male, five females) with chronic lateral instability of the ankle were treated by reconstructive surgery using the extensor digitorum longus tendon. Four patients (four females) were examined at a mean of 16 months (range 10 to 23) after operation. The patients' ages ranged from 13 to 48 years, with a mean of 27 years. Three patients of the injuries were sports related. All patients had no giving way, instability, or no subjective pain. They returned to full recreational, athletic activities.
Our reconstructive surgery has cosmetic merits because of its short incision. And the routes of grafted tendon are anatomical. Our surgical procedure can preserve the peroneus brevis tendon which have important function as an extraarticular stabilizer.
