Surgical treatment of fresh and long-standing injuries of the capsular ligamentous apparatus of the ankle joint

Objective: to improve the surgical treatment of acute and long-standing injuries of the capsular ligamentous apparatus of the ankle joint.Material and methods. The paper analyzes results of the treatment of patients with the ankle sprain in the Center Traumatology and Orthopedics Moscow during 2012-2020. All implantations were performed by one surgeon. 103 patients underwent lateral ankle repair (103 joints), 72 patients with acute ankle sprain, 31 chronic ankle instability. 92 patients with the follow-up periods of over 12 months after the procedure were available for a retrospective analysis with the assessment of results. There were 59 men and 33 women, with the mean age of 35. The mean follow-up period is 52 months (18-80). After the surgical treatment and rehabilitation, the patients did not observe functional and mechanical ankle instability of the operated joint.Result. Evaluation of the functional results on the scales (VAS and AOFAS) showed a significant improvement in parameters of the postoperative period compared to the preoperative survey (P