title: Operative management of chronic ankle instability: plantaris graft.
abstract: Precise knowledge of lateral ankle ligaments anatomy and biomechanics is mandatory for successful surgical reconstruction. The displayed reconstruction procedure fulfilled these requirements, and showed excellent clinical outcome. The described harvesting of the plantaris tendon at the proximal calf allows the use of a relatively long tendon autograft compared with the traditional harvesting procedure at the os calcis. Consequently, this procedure gives the surgeon a more efficient access to a local tendon autograft for numerous surgical procedures in the field of foot and ankle surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Clinic, University of Basel, Kantonsspital Liestal, CH-4410 Liestal, Switzerland. geert.pagenstert@ksli.ch
authors.forename: Geert I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Pagenstert
authors.forename: Beat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hintermann
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knupp
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery*; D017844:Lateral Ligament, Ankle / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation*