Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain

Volume: 30 Number: 5 September 11, 2006
  • Ahmet Aydın
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Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain

Abstract

The chronic ankle pain due to hypertrophic synovial thickening and scar tissue anterolaterally constitutes the majority of ankle (30-50%) pathology. Generally it's difficult to diagnose this pathology through clinical examination, X-ray and MRI methods. Besides that conservative treatment has poor response, but ankle arthroscopy can be effective on both diagnosis and treatment. 28 patients (18 men and 10 women) who were diagnosed anterolateral soft tissue impingement had been treated by arthroscopic surgery (local synovectomy, debridement and shaving) between Jan 1990 - Dec 1995 at the University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. After 45 months (5 year - 3 months) follow up, the results of 23 patients (82%) proved clinically and subjectively successful. We had poor response in those 5 cases who had severe synovitis and degenerative arthritis. In one of the two cases tibia fracture due to invasive distraction and in the other case complication of permanent damage of superficial peroneal nerve have been observed and successfully treated. We believe that, when chronic ankle pain due to anterolateral soft tissue impingement is examined arthroscopically, it can be effectively and safely treated by operative ankle arthroscopy.

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1996 Volume: 30 Number: 5

APA
Aydın, A. (2006). Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 30(5), 504-507. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413
AMA
1.Aydın A. Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30(5):504-507. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413
Chicago
Aydın, Ahmet. 2006. “Arthroscopic Treatment of Soft Tissue Impingement of Chronic Ankle Pain”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 (5): 504-7. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413.
EndNote
Aydın A (September 1, 2006) Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 5 504–507.
IEEE
[1]A. Aydın, “Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 504–507, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413.
ISNAD
Aydın, Ahmet. “Arthroscopic Treatment of Soft Tissue Impingement of Chronic Ankle Pain”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30/5 (September 1, 2006): 504-507. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413.
JAMA
1.Aydın A. Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30:504–507.
MLA
Aydın, Ahmet. “Arthroscopic Treatment of Soft Tissue Impingement of Chronic Ankle Pain”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 504-7, doi:10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413.
Vancouver
1.Ahmet Aydın. Arthroscopic treatment of soft tissue impingement of chronic ankle pain. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;30(5):504-7. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i5.4413