22. as jose was running down the road, he tripped and his left ankle
twisted violently to the side. when he picked himself up, he
was unable to put any weight on that ankle. the diagnosis was
severe dislocation and sprains of the left ankle. the orthopedic
surgeon stated that she would perform a closed reduction of the
dislocation and attempt ligament repair by using arthroscopy.
(b) what does its
stability depend on? (c) what is a closed reduction? (d) why is
ligament repair necessary? (e) what does arthroscopy entail?
(f) how will the use of this procedure minimize jose's
recuperation time (and suffering)?