PURPOSE Our purpose was to evaluate the results of transphyseal anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with medial hamstring autograft in skeletally immature patients. METHODS We reviewed the records of all skeletally immature patients who underwent transphyseal ACL reconstruction with medial hamstring autograft between 1988 and 2002 at our institution. Inclusion criteria were age le...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate a series of skeletally immature patients who underwent three surgical techniques for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction according to each patient's growth potential. METHODS a series of 23 skeletally immature patients who underwent ACL reconstruction surgery at ages ranging from 7 to 15 years was evaluated prospectively. The surgical technique was individual...

Purpose: To investigate the outcomes of an open and an arthroscopic technique for the reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). Methods: This prospective randomized controlled trial includes 126 patients. 65 were assigned to an open ACL replacement and 61 to an arthroscopic ACL replacement, always using Bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autografts. Outcome assessment included rerup...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to report our early outcome in the management of multiligament knee injuries with the ligament advanced reinforcement system (LARS). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2010, 9 of 11 patients operated on for multiligament knee injuries were included in this study; 2 patients were excluded due to complicated neurovascular injuries, open knee dislocation...

PURPOSE To compare the tunnel enlargement of double-bundle (DB) anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with and without suturing of autologous ruptured tissue to hamstring graft in patients with subacute anterior cruciate ligament injury. METHODS Ten patients with subacute (≤3 months after injury) anterior cruciate ligament rupture were randomly allocated to undergo DB ACLR with sut...

BACKGROUND Several instruments and clinical scoring systems have been established to evaluate patients with ligamentous knee injuries. A comparison of individual articles in the literature is challenging, not only because of heterogeneity in methodology, but also due to the variety of the scoring systems used to document clinical outcomes. There is limited information about the correlation betw...

We investigated the role of a functional brace worn for four months in the treatment of patients with an acute isolated tear of the posterior cruciate ligament to determine whether reduction of the posterior tibial translation during the healing period would give an improved final position of the tibia. The initial and follow-up stability was tested by Rolimeter arthrometry and radiography. The...

Background It has been shown that the proper placement of ACL graft during the ACL reconstruction surgery significantly improves the clinical outcomes. This study investigated whether a change in the femoral tunnel position in both axial and coronal planes can significantly alter the postoperative functional and clinical outcomes of the patients. Methods This comparative, retrospective, singl...

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background: </strong>The objective of the study was to assess clinical outcome and donor site morbidity ACL reconstruction with peroneus longus tendon autografts in patients injury.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> 60 Patients who underwent using autograft after fulfilling inclusion criteria obtaining informed...

BACKGROUND Graft choice for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is of critical importance. Various grafts have been used so far, with autografts long considered the optimal solution for the treatment of ACL-deficient knees. Limited data are available on the long-term survivorship of synthetic grafts. PURPOSE To compare the functional outcome and survivorship of ACL reconstructions...