title: Chronic fibular ligament injury of the ankle in young children: a new method of ligament repair.
abstract: A rare injury in young children at the ankle joint is described. In two cases a chronic fibular ligament insufficiency was found. Both children were treated operatively by extraepiphyseal plate ligament plasty, which gave excellent stabilization and no permanent disability.
mesh_terms: D016512:Ankle Injuries; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000209:etiology