| Title: |
Good to Excellent Functional Short-Term Outcome and Low Revision Rates Following Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair Using Suture Augmentation |
| Authors: |
Schneider, Kristian Nikolaus; Schliemann, Benedikt; Gosheger, Georg; Theil, Jan-Christoph; Weller, Jan Frederic; Buddhdev, Pranai K.; Ahlbäumer, Georg |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Subject Terms: |
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL; injury; tear; rupture; repair; suture augmentation; internal brace |
| Description: |
The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome of primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair using suture augmentation (SA) in 93 consecutive patients (67 female) with a minimum follow-up of 12 months. Patients’ outcomes were determined using International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score, Lysholm score (LS) and Tegner score (TS). Knee-laxity was assessed using the KT-1000 arthrometer. Eighty-eight patients (67 female, mean age 42 years ± standard deviation (SD) 13) were available for follow-up after a mean time of 21 months (range 12–39). Three patients (3%) underwent revision surgery and were excluded from functional analysis. The mean IKDC score was 87.4 ± 11, mean LS was 92.6 ± 11, mean pre-traumatic TS was 6 ± 2 and mean postoperative TS was 6 ± 2, with a mean difference (TSDiff) of 1 ± 1. The interval from injury to surgery had no significant impact on the postoperative IKDC (p = 0.228), LS (p = 0.377) and TSDiff (p = 0.572). Patients’ age (>40 years), BMI (>30) and coexisting ligament or meniscal injuries did not seem to influence postoperative functional results. Primary ACL repair using SA provides good to excellent functional outcomes with a low probability of revision surgery at a minimum of 12 months. ; Journal of Clinical Medicine 9 (2020) 10, 3068, 1-12 ; Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster). |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
vignette : https://noah.nrw/titlepage/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-84039548220/128 |
| DOI: |
10.17879/94039686754 |
| Availability: |
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-84039548220; https://doi.org/10.17879/94039686754; https://noah.nrw/doi/10.17879/94039686754 |
| Rights: |
CC BY 4.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.BFC320FD |
| Database: |
BASE |