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Lateral Ankle Instability: Literature Review on the Evolution of Surgical Techniques in ATFL Repair

At the Foot and Ankle Fellowship Forum, Robert Anderson, MD (Charlotte, NC), provides an evidence-based review of surgical techniques for chronic lateral ankle instability, highlighting the evolution toward InternalBraceā„¢ ligament augmentation techniques.

The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.