title: [Diagnosis and therapy of acute and chronic ligament instability of the lower ankle joint].
abstract: At the Casualty Clinic of the University Hospital in Hannover, from 1981 to 1985, a total of 35 patients were treated operatively for chronic instability of the transverse tarsal joint: combined instability of the ankle and transverse tarsal joints (n = 15), isolated instability of the subtalar joint (n = 17), and isolated instability of the pretalar joint (n = 3). A simple technique of radiological positioning permits easy and certain diagnosis of isolated anterolateral rotary instability of the subtalar joint. Modified Elmslie tendosis (n = 32), used as an indirect replacement for the interosseus talocalcaneal ligament, had good and very good results in 25 of 27 cases followed up after 3 years.
mesh_terms: D016512:Ankle Injuries; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000601:surgery; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D013640:Tarsal Joints / Q000293:injuries
vernacular_title: Diagnostik und Therapie der akuten und chronischen Bandinstabilität des unteren Sprunggelenkes.