Case Panel: Lateral Ankle Instability in a Volleyball Player

At the Foot and Ankle Team Physician Controversies course, Troy S. Watson, MD (Las Vegas, NV); Kevin D. Martin, DO (Columbus, OH); David I. Pedowitz, MD (Philadelphia, PA); and Norman E. Waldrop III, MD (Birmingham, AL), review the evaluation and surgical management of recurrent lateral ankle instability in a hypermobile collegiate athlete, emphasizing the role of clinical history, Beighton scoring, imaging, and revision stabilization using InternalBrace™ augmentation with considerations for generalized ligamentous laxity and return-to-play timing.

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.