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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Orthopedic Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1553820
A clinical efficacy analysis of ankle arthrography-assisted modified ankle capsule repair in the treatment of recurrent bunion cysts
Provisionally accepted- Fuyang Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China
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Objective: This study aims to retrospectively analyze the clinical efficacy of ankle arthrography-assisted modified ankle capsular repair for treating recurrent bunion cysts.Methods: Clinical data from 16 cases of recurrent bunion cysts, treated between December 2021 and June 2024, were collected. All patients underwent intraoperative ankle arthrography with cyst excision, followed by ankle capsule repair based on the arthrography results. Patient gender, age, the presence of ankle arthrography during interstitial traffic with the cyst, and any postoperative complications were documented.Clinical outcomes were monitored during the postoperative follow-up.In 14 out of 16 patients, ankle arthrography revealed communication of the contrast medium with the bunion cyst through the tendon sheath of the Flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon. In the remaining two patients, no contrast medium spillage was observed. The surgical incisions healed without infection, and a follow-up period of 3 to 24 months revealed only one recurrence.Ankle arthrography-assisted modified ankle capsule repair is an effective method to reduce recurrence rates in patients with recurrent bunion cysts, particularly those communicating with the ankle joint via the FHL tendon sheath.
Keywords: Ankle, Angiography, cyst, Bunion, 1 18 No 2 24 No Case Follow-up Duration (months) Recurrence (Yes/No)
Received: 31 Dec 2024; Accepted: 11 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ning, Mei, Ma, Ruan and Fu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Yongbin Fu, Fuyang Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China
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