The Location of the Fibular Tunnel for Anatomically Accurate Reconstruction of the Lateral Ankle Ligament: A Cadaveric Study

Table 4

The ratio of three distances from the inferior tip of the lateral malleolus to the anatomic footprint of the lateral ankle ligaments to the length between the articular tip of the lateral malleolus and inferior tip of the lateral malleolus by sex.

Measurements	Ratio
	Males ()	Females ()	value
(cATFL-IT)/(AT-IT)			0.264
(cCFL-IT)/(AT-IT)			0.177
(intATFL-CFL)/(AT-IT)			0.933

Data are . AT: the articular tip of the lateral malleolus; ATFL: anterior talofibular ligament; cATFL: the center of the fibular footprint of the ATFL; cCFL: the center of the fibular footprint of the CFL; CFL: calcaneofibular ligament; intATFL-CFL: the intersection point of the fibular origin of the ATFL and CFL; IT: the inferior tip of the lateral malleolus.