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...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to compare the performance of the vertical jump task and the level of disability between the coper and non-coper athletes with an anterior cruciate ligament-minus knee. Methods: Thirty-four professional male athletes with isolated complete anterior cruciate ligament-tear (age 20-29 years and 6-12 months time past injury) were recruited in this stu...

BACKGROUND Matrix-assisted autologous chondrocyte transplantation (MACT) is a surgical treatment option for articular cartilage lesions of the knee joint. PURPOSE To investigate mid- to long-term clinical outcomes of MACT in the patellofemoral (PF) and tibiofemoral (TF) joints. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS A systematic review was performed by searching Pub...

BACKGROUND Patient outcomes and predictors of success after revision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are currently limited in the literature. Existing studies either have a small study size or are difficult to interpret because of the multiple surgeons involved in the care of the study sample. PURPOSE To determine patient outcomes and predictors of success or failure after a s...

background: no uniform consensus exists to decide type of fixation for arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. hypothsis: there is similar functional outcome after rigid fix compared to other methods of fixation which has been published. study design: retrospective observational study. methods: a total of 50 patients underwent arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstructi...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the demographics, clinical features, and outcomes of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) for isolated medial meniscus horizontal cleavage tears (MMHCTs) in patients under 45 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 98 patients (100 knees) under 45 years who underwent APM for MMHCTs. Clinical outcomes were assessed us...

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...

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of multiple drilling technique on therapeutic outcomes patients with osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) knee. Methods: controlled clinical trial was conducted 24 aged 13 - 45 years OCD types II and III according Dipaola classification magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessments. The were classified into two groups (n = 12), including control...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare clinical outcomes after single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with a free Achilles tendon allograft using either a transtibial or an anteromedial portal technique and then to quantify the difference in femoral tunnel position between these 2 approaches. This assessment was to be performed with a new method using convention...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to validate the registration in the Danish Knee Ligament Reconstruction Register (DKRR) by assessing the registration completeness of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction code and detecting the validity of important key variables. Furthermore, we assessed data quality of patient-related outcome scores. MATERIAL AND METHODS All operation co...