Patient and Surgeon Expectations Prior to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When discussing potential treatment with patients choosing to undergo surgery for disruption of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and their families, surgeons spend considerable time discussing expectations of the short- and long-term health of the knee. Most of the research examining patient expectations in orthopedic surgery has focused largely on arthroplasty.

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess the differences between the patient's and the surgeon's expectations before primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).

Methods

In this case series, we prospectively enrolled 93 patients scheduled for primary ACLR between 2011 and 2014. Expectations were measured using the Hospital for Special Surgery 23-item

SUBMITTER: Khair MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148585 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature