Comparison of Several Combinations of Suture Tape Reinforcement and Suture Button Constructs for Fixation of Unstable Syndesmosis.
Haggai SchermannTakahisa OgawaBart LubbertsWilliam R TaylorGregory R WaryaszAmal KhouryChristopher W DiGiovanniDaniel GussPublished in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2022)
This study suggests that although a destabilizing syndesmotic injury that includes the anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament, interosseous ligament, and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament is not adequately stabilized by either one or two SBs, the addition of a suture tape reinforcement to even one SB restores syndesmotic stability to the preinjury level.
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