Case Panel: Management of the High Ankle Sprain in the High-Level Athlete

At the Foot and Ankle Team Physician Controversies, Norman E. Waldrop III, MD (Birmingham, AL); J. Chris Coetzee, MD, MBChB (Minneapolis, MN); Robert B. Anderson, MD (Charlotte, NC); and Kenneth J. Hunt, MD (Denver, CO), discuss the management of high ankle sprains in the high-level athlete, including how to diagnose and treat. Surgical techniques, including TightRope® syndesmotic repair, and AITFL repair are discussed.

The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.