Medial ankle pain after lateral ligament rupture
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Medial ankle pain after lateral ligament rupture
Abstract
After a severe ankle sprain the incidence of residual complaints, particularly on the medial side of the joint, is high. We studied a consecutive series of 30 patients who had operative repair of acute ruptures of lateral ligaments. During operation, arthroscopy revealed a fresh injury to the articular cartilage in 20 ankles, in 19 at the tip and/or anterior distal part of the medial malleolus as well as on the opposite medial facet of the talus. In six patients, a loose piece of articular cartilage was found. We conclude that in patients with a rupture of one or more of the lateral ankle ligaments after an inversion injury, an impingement occurs between the medial malleolus and the medial facet of the talus. Patients with a lesion of the lateral ankle ligament caused by a high-velocity injury (a faulty landing during jumping or running) had a higher incidence of macroscopic cartilage damage (p < 0.01), medially-located pressure pain (p = 0.06) and medially-located complaints at one-year follow-up (p = 0.02) than those with low-velocity injury (a stumble).
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