Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction With InternalBrace™ Augmentation: A Prospective Randomized Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Lateral Ankle Instability
- Sponsor
- Arthrex, Inc.
- Enrollment
- 154
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- Return to Work
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Lateral ankle ligament stabilization procedures are well described in the orthopaedic literature. Although success rates are high, the incidence of recurrent instability is well documented. In addition, with standard rehabilitation protocols, the timeline to return to sport and functional activities may be prolonged. The InternalBrace Ligament Augmentation Repair is a safe and reproducible technique using FiberTape® and BioComposite SwiveLock® as an augmentation to a Brostrom procedure. The InternalBrace Ligament Augmentation repair consists of a FiberTape bridge between two Knotless Swivelock anchors providing a protective reinforcement and allows the surgeon to repair lateral or medial ankle instability and the pain associated with it. This type of repair can be utilized in acute and chronic ankle sprains.
Detailed Description
It is hypothesized that use of InternalBrace Ligament Augmentation in addition to standard anatomic modified Brostrum repair allows for earlier return to pre-injury level compared to a standard Brostrum procedure. It is also secondarily hypothesized that intermediate and long term incidence of recurrent instability will be lower with use of internal brace augmentation of standard modified Brostrum lateral ankle ligament reconstruction.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Return to Work
Time Frame: Subject is called every 2 weeks between 6-26 weeks post-op timepoint and asked when they returned to pre-injury level.
Subject self-assessment of time of return to pre-injury level.
Secondary Outcomes
- Tegner Activity Score(Data collected at the following time points: Pre-operative, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 26 weeks.)
- Stress X-ray(Data will be collected at Pre-op and 1 year.)
- Veterans Rand (VR-12)(Data collected at the following time points: Pre-operative, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years)
- Return to Sports(Data collected at the following time points: 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 26 weeks)
- Karlsson and Peterson Scoring System(Data collected at the following time points: Pre-operative, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years)
- Range Of Motion(Data collected at the following time points: Pre-operative, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks and 1 year.)
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS)(Data collected at the following time points: Pre-operative, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years)
- Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM)(Data collected at the following time points: Pre-operative, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years)