Long-term Evaluation of Sports Activity in Patients Whose Ankle Was Treated by Anatomical Reconstruction or Arthroscopic Repair Following Chronic Lateral Instability
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Anatomical reconstruction, Broström anatomical repair.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Ankle Instability. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare at 5 years the sporting activity of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the long-term sporting activity status of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability ? Participants will visit the clinic once every year during 5 years for clinical checkup.
Interventions
- Procedure Anatomical reconstruction
Anatomical ligamentoplasty or anatomical reconstruction is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method, which lasts around 40 minutes under spinal anaesthetic or general anaesthetic, is to reconstruct the LTFA and sometimes also the LCF, if it has been damaged, using a fragment of the tendon gracilis, located in the thigh, removed through an incision under the knee - Procedure Broström anatomical repair
Broström's anatomical repair is performed under arthroscopy. The principle of this method is to tighten and reattach the LTFA using very small anchors, when it is detached from the fibula but not too retracted and still of good quality. If necessary, this may also be accompanied by ligament reinforcement ('gould'), using a fragment of a fibrous structure in the ankle, the extensor retinaculum
Primary outcome measures
- Sporting activity [Time frame: Year 5]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patient, male or female, aged ≥ 18 years
- Patient with chronic ankle instability defined by:
- A history of trauma including a severe ankle sprain.
- Clinical symptoms persisting for at least 3 months at the time of inclusion: pain, swelling, sensation of 'giving way', sensation of instability, recurrent sprains; Clinical tests (drawer test, varus provocation test) confirming grade III laxity; Imaging results (MRI) confirming clinically suspected ligament damage.
- Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme
- French-speaking patient who has signed an informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
- Patient with deltoid ligament injury, severe fracture or open trauma
- Patient with insufficient ligament remnant and/or in too poor a condition to allow Broström-type repair.
- Patient with a symptomatic osteochondral lesion
- Patient with ankle hyperlaxity (Beighton score > 3)
- Patient with early ankle arthropathy (Takakura arthritis classification ≥ stage 3)
- Patient with neuromuscular disorders, systemic inflammatory disorders or tumours.
- Patient requiring surgery on both ankles
- Patients with a bony deformity of the ankle or foot on the affected side;
- Patients with professional athlete status
- Patient already included in another study
- Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz — Lyon
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06945198 · 2024-A02345-42 · 2024-A02345-42