Clinical Evidence

80,000 TightRopes used worldwide to date

 

 
Tightrope fixation of ankle syndesmosis injuries: Clinical outcome, complications and technique modification

GA Naqvi, A Shafqat,
N Awan

Injury 2012 (in press)



 

Outcomes of Suture Button Repair of the Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis

 

Henry DeGroot et al

Foot Ankle International March 2011

 

 

 

Management of Common Sports-related Injuries About the Foot and Ankle

 

Robert B. Anderson et al.

JAAOS : Sept 2010

 

 

 

 

Treatment of syndesmoses disruptions: 

A prospective, randomized study of screw fixation vs TightRopeŽ

 

J Chris Coetzee et al

SA Ortho Journal 2009    [FULL TEXT, pdf

 

 

 

Transosseous fixation of the syndesmosis: Comparison of Suture-Button to Screw fixation in 50 cases

 

James Cottom et al

J Foot Ankle Surgery 2009
 

 

 

 

Suture-Button vs Screw fixation of the syndesmosis: A Biomechanical Analysis

 

Robert Klitzman et al

Foot Ankle International 2010

 

 

 
Techniques Foot Ankle Surgery

Treatment of Syndesmosis Disruptions with TightRope Fixation

J Chris Coetzee et al

Tech Foot Ank Surg 2008
 
 
 

Suture-Button Syndesmosis Fixation: Accelerated Rehabilitation and Improved Outcomes

 

Brian Thornes et al

Clin Orthop Rel Res 2005