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1From Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
Foot & Ankle Specialist
|August 12, 2026
Abstract:
Lateral ankle instability is a common problem with substantial morbidity in both the athletic and general population. Guidelines for use of ligament augmentation devices continue to be developed. The below is a case describing surgical treatment of ankle instability using TEKBRACE (TheraMicro, LLC), a new ligament augmentation scaffold, for the anterior talofibular ligament in a patient at high risk of failure.Level of Evidence:Level V.