[Nonoperative approach to injuries of the lateral collateral ligament of the ankle joint].

Patients in number of 185 were included in this study. All of them were treated nonoperatively. One group (64 patients) was treated with early mobilization treatment and the other one (121 patients) with three weeks cast immobilization. Checking examination was done twice: 5 weeks and one year after injury. Chi-square test was used for data processing. Patients treated with cast had shorter recovery, but three were not statistical differences. Positive ADS test one year after the injury (I group 4.7%, and II group 2.5%) was considered as poor result and so was functional instability a year after injury (positive Romberg test, I group 12%, and II group 6.6%). Repeated injury was poor result also. In the first group there were 13.33% repeated injuries and in the second 4.95%.