Diagnosis and treatment of ankle pain with the use of arthroscopy.

One of the most common pathologies associated with chronic ankle pain is anterolateral ankle impingement secondary to an inversion ankle sprain. An average of one ankle sprain per 10,000 people occur every day. After an ankle sprain 10% to 50% of patients have some form of chronic ankle pain, which the authors consider to be pain that lasts over three months. The use of ankle arthroscopy allows us to directly inspect all of the intra-articular structures at a magnified view without the need for multiple arthrotomies.