Arthroscopic Repair of the Anterior Inferior Tibiofibular Ligament

Mette Renate Andersen; Lise Benedikte Wendt Ræder; Are Haukåen Stødle

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2024.103166

Arthroscopic Repair of the Anterior Inferior Tibiofibular Ligament

Arthrosc Tech. 2024 Aug 9;14(1):103166. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2024.103166. eCollection 2025 Jan.

Authors

Mette Renate Andersen¹, Lise Benedikte Wendt Ræder^{2

3}, Are Haukåen Stødle⁴

Affiliations

¹ Aleris Hospital Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Martina Hansen Hospital, Gjettum, Norway.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bærum Hospital, Vestre Viken HF, Bærum, Norway.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract

Treatment of unstable syndesmosis injuries has traditionally involved a trans-syndesmotic stabilization. Anatomic syndesmotic reduction is important to obtain good clinical results. Open reduction and repair of the anterior part of the syndesmosis is a proposed method to secure anatomic syndesmotic reduction in addition to improving the rotational stability of the ankle mortise. This technical note describes arthroscopic anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament repair using knotless suture anchor fixation and suture button fixation.