Injury to the lateral collateral ligament of the ankle joint is common in athletes and it accounts for a large portion of cases of emergency sports trauma. Although the ankle ligament injury is not a very serious sports trauma, if it is not handled early, it will seriously affect the athlete's training and may cause severe after-effects. In view of the above problems, this article proposes the treatment of acute lateral ankle joint collateral ligament injury in athletes, in order to provide a reference for related treatment. In this study, 135 patients were admitted from March 2019 to August 2019. The 135 patients with acute lateral collateral ligament injury of the ankle were divided into three groups for comparison experiments. The three groups were conservative treatment group, direct surgical repair group and surgical ligament reconstruction group. The American Foot and Ankle Surgery Association (AOFAS) score was used to evaluate the function of the posterior foot, and the 3 groups of patients were observed for AOFAS scores, clinical effects, and complications before and 12 months after treatment. The results showed that, compared with before treatment, the AOFAS scores of the three groups were significantly improved after treatment (P <0.05). The total AOFAS score and clinical efficacy of patients in the direct surgery repair group and the ligament reconstruction group were significantly better than those in the conservative treatment group (P <0.05). However, the incidence of postoperative complications in the two groups of surgical treatment groups was higher than that of the conservative treatment group, and the difference was statistically significant (P <0.05). There were no significant differences in the total AOFAS score, clinical efficacy, and complication rate between the direct surgery repair group and the ligament reconstruction group (P> 0.05). Therefore, it is believed that the effect of surgical treatment on the improvement of posterior foot function in patients with acute lateral ankle joint collateral ligament injury is more obvious than that of conservative treatment, but the safety is poor. The surgical effects of anchor repair and modified Elmslie are equivalent, so the treatment plan should be determined based on the comprehensive situation.

Na Li. Treatment of Acute Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury of Athletes. International Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (2020), Vol. 1, Issue 1: 28-38. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJPHPM.2020.010103.

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