Appropriate instrumentation, technique may lead to successful ankle arthroscopy

SAN FRANCISCO — In his discussion on performing a successful ankle arthroscopy, James W. Stone, MD, FAANA, said surgeons should use ankle joint distraction when performing the procedure.
“The problem with the ankle joint, of course, is it’s a complex curved articular surface, [has] tightly held ligaments and, certainly, using the older-fashioned instrumentation of 4-mm scopes is tough to get into the joint,” Stone said in his presentation at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. “The combination of using ankle distraction and smaller joint

SAN FRANCISCO — In his discussion on performing a successful ankle arthroscopy, James W. Stone, MD, FAANA, said surgeons should use ankle joint distraction when performing the procedure.
“The problem with the ankle joint, of course, is it’s a complex curved articular surface, [has] tightly held ligaments and, certainly, using the older-fashioned instrumentation of 4-mm scopes is tough to get into the joint,” Stone said in his presentation at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. “The combination of using ankle distraction and smaller joint