Mid-term curative effect of polyethylene terephthalate artificial ligament revascularization in treating distal tibiofibular syndesmosis injury
SHEN Ying-chao
WANG Qiang
Abstract：Objective To explore the mid-term curative effect of different re-constructional ways of polyeth-ylene terephthalate ( PET) artificial ligament in treating the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis injury .Methods From Mar.2013 to Dec.2014,data of 27 cases of distal tibiofibular syndesmosis injury who were treated by re-construc-tional therapy with PET artificial ligament were retrospectively analyzed .There were 16 males and 11 females,with an average age of 35.5(22 to 47) years.Among these cases were 26 cases associated with ankle fracture and 1 case of simple tibiofibular syndesmosis injury . The bilateral suspension technique or unilateral suspension technique combined with absorbable screw fixation was adopted .Results The patients were followed up for 18-23(20.4 ± 1.3)months.After operations,X-ray films showed that the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis interspace and ankle mor-tise anatomy were normal .There was no loss of reduction within 18 months after operation .AOFAS ankle function scale was used to evaluate the curative effect ,indicating excellent in 18 cases,good in 8 cases,and fair in 1 case. Conclusion PET artificial ligament reconstruction can supply high tenacity which is needed in short -time functional recovery,and it can also recover the ankle activity earlier .The unilateral suspension technique combined with ab-sorbable screw fixation can shorten the time of surgery .
Keywords：ankle fracturedistal tibiofibular syndesmosis injuryartificial ligamentpolyethylene terephthalate
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 403-406,407 )