Abstract

RODRIGUEZ BEOTO, RICARDO et al. Rupture of the external lateral ligament of the ankle: Factors that predispose the evolution of surgical treatment. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1998, vol.12, n.1-2, pp. 57-60. ISSN 1561-3100.

The ankle ligament injuries represent 15 % of the cases that received attention at the Emergency Department in our country. 220 patients treated in our Service from January, 1990, to January, 1994, were studied. Each of them was clinical and radiologically studied and after a initial evaluation was operated on as soon as possible. It was analyzed how age, the preoperative time and the ligament injury degree influence on the evolution of these patients. Excellent results were obtained in patients under 35 that were operated on before the 24 hours.

Keywords : RUPTURE [surgery]; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE [INJURIES]; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE [surgery]; ANKLE INJURIES [surgery]; TREATMENT OUTCOME.

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