The long-term surgical results of the MBP without CFL reconstruction for chronic lateral ankle instability were good to excellent in terms of functional, clinical, and radiographic assessments.

Case series with no comparison group, retrospective case series, Level IV.

Level III, comparative case series.

The results of this study suggest that the plantar gap might be used for prognosis in cases with a fifth metatarsal stress fracture, even in patients with the same Torg classification.

Therapeutic, Level IV, Retrospective case series.