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Arthroscopic Ligament Repair and Reconstruction

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Surgical treatment is sometimes required to treat the chronic lateral instability of the ankle to prevent the development of articular cartilage damage [1–3] and to prevent performance deterioration especially in toe-off phase. Recently, arthroscopic repair/reconstruction surgery for lateral instability of the ankle has been rapidly developing.

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Takao, M., Katakura, M., Jujo, Y. (2019). Arthroscopic Ligament Repair and Reconstruction. In: Canata, G., d'Hooghe, P., Hunt, K., Kerkhoffs, G., Longo, U. (eds) Sports Injuries of the Foot and Ankle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58704-1_4

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