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A 5-month exhaustive conservative treatment including physiotherapy and oral medication has been achieved but failed. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Management and Outcomes:<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic> Following the conservative treatment failure, the DTS has been widely removed including the adjacent interosseous membrane, and the patient could return to competition at the same level after 5 months of convalescence. No recurrence has been revealed at a 35-month follow-up at least. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic> In accordance with the literature data and even if the pathophysiology remains obscure, resection of DTS seems to be the adapted treatment to allow and to reduce professional athletes\u2019 recovery time at the same sport level. The resection including a part of the tibiofibular interosseous membrane could avoid the occurrence of recurrence. 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