Retrospective Study of Suture Tape for Soft Tissue Reconstruction in Patients Suffering From Lateral Ankle Instability

Launched by STRYKER TRAUMA AND EXTREMITIES · Feb 11, 2025

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients between and including the age of 14-75 at the time of surgery
• • Patients who were diagnosed with lateral ankle instability by physician clinical assessment
• • Patients who underwent an ATFL repair with Arthrex InternalBrace augmentation device (does not require an isolated repair)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Significant secondary procedures done at the time of repair, including significant osteochondral lesions and/or significant microfracture of the talus or tibia that warrant modifying the typical lateral ligament repair post-op rehab protocol. (Minor microfractures and OCD lesions that do not warrant bone debridements, synovectomies, and bone spur removals are allowed)
• • Any concomitant orthopedic procedure that will extend the post-op rehabilitation (e.g., casting/immobilization) beyond the routinely prescribed rehab protocol following an ATFL reconstructive procedure.
• • Patients undergoing a Calcaneal osteotomy
• • Patients with less than 6 weeks follow-up
• • Patients with incomplete medical records
• • Patients with Worker's Compensation Cases
• • Any patient with a history of infection of the ankle predating the ankle repair
• • Any orthopedic issue outside of the ankle that the Investigator feels may impede functional endpoint outcome measures.
• • Patients who have a medical history that would likely make the patient an unreliable research participant