What This Procedure Involves
An incision is made over the outer ankle. In a Broström repair, the stretched or torn anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) are shortened and reattached to the fibula using suture anchors. The inferior extensor retinaculum may be used to reinforce the repair (Broström-Gould modification). The operation takes approximately one hour.