ACL femoral avulsion repair using suture pull-out technique: A case series of thirteen patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair was first described in the mid 1900's. However, due to poorly selected patients led to unsatisfactory early results. We aim to study the outcome of ACL repair in a carefully selected cohort.

Methods

Thirteen consecutive patients of acute Type 1 (proximal ACL avulsion) were treated with arthroscopic ACL repair using a suture pull out technique. At the latest follow-up the patients were evaluated for Lysholm score, KT-1000 measurement and clinical assessment for any laxity.

Results

At a mean follow-up of 31.3 months, none of the patients had any subjective laxity. The mean Lysholm score was 95 and instrumented laxity measurement did not reveal any significant laxity compared to the opposite knee.

Conclusion

The prox

SUBMITTER: Mukhopadhyay R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354211 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature