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Since 1986, twenty-seven ankle arthroscopic surgeries have been performed and we evaluated the results of 16 ankles of 14 patients who were treated by arthroscopic surgery alone. The patients were 4 men and 10 women with an average of 49 years (range, 14-76 years). The diagnosis was osteoarthritis in 6 ankles, old ligamentous injury in 5, rheumatoid arthritis in 3, and fracture of the talus in 2. Arthroscopic treatment was resection of the meniscoids and soft tissue impingements, debridement of osteochondral lesions, and removal of loose bodies. The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score was used to clinically evaluate the results. There was a marked improvement in pain at final review, with an average score of 15.3 compared with an average of 6.3 preoperatively (p<0.001).
The chronic ankle pain due to soft tissue impingements can be safely and effectively treated by operative ankle arthroscopy.
