[Chronic instability of the ankle treated by reefing of the lateral ligament (author's transl)].

The authors have operated on 22 cases of chronic instability of the ankle. The anterior part of the lateral ligament was reinserted in the lateral malleolus. Only 18 patients were followed up. 15 had a good result, 2 had a recurrent sprain after trauma and one had a poor result. The authors consider that this technique, combined with proprioceptive rehabilitation of the peroneal muscles gives better results than ligamentoplasties using the peroneal tendons.