Progress of diagnosis and treatment in deltoid ligament injuries of ankle.
- Author:
Cheng ZHANG
1
;
Guang-Mao LIN
;
Min LIU
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedics, Third Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325200, Zhejiang, China. zc19850329@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Ankle Injuries;
diagnosis;
surgery;
Arthroscopy;
Humans;
Ligaments, Articular;
injuries
- From:
China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
2012;25(11):967-970
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Deltoid ligament injury is common in the daily activities, unlike some other diseases, mechanism of deltoid ligament injury is relatively clear with less controversies, but the consistent standard for its diagnosis and treatment has not yet formed. Whether the stress X-ray as the main basis for diagnosis, MRI check for early application, and the indications of surgical exploration and so on, these are not unified. In the international, especially the conservative treatment and surgical treatment has been existing two major differences. In the choice of surgical treatment, domestic and foreign experts have respective preference. In recent years, domestic researchers emphasis to repair with suture anchors, while abroad it has been mainly to reconstruct the deltoid ligament.
