Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Bone-Achilles tendon-Bone Composite Allograft.
- Author:
Jeong Ki CHOI
1
;
Sang Su KIM
;
Chun Tek LEE
;
Sung Jae KIM
Author Information
1. Lee Chun Tek Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Suwon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Anterior cruciate ligament;
Bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft;
ACL recon-struction
- MeSH:
Allografts*;
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction*;
Anterior Cruciate Ligament*;
Extremities;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Transplants
- From:Journal of the Korean Knee Society
2002;14(1):63-67
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: We intended to evaluate the results of arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) reconstruction using Bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft by analyzing the results clinically and radiologically. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From May 1996 to June 1999, we followed 23 patients who had arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft for minimum 24 months, and measured laxity using KT-2000 arthrometer, Lysholm score and enlargement of tibial tunnel width on plain radiograph. RESULTS: In KT-2000 arthrometer test, there was only side-to-side differences of 1.67 +/-0.7 mm between the involved and contralateral limb. Lysholm score was 61.7 +/-10.2 preoperatively and 89.3 +/-5.1 at the last follow up. And there was no tibial tunnel enlargement more than 5 mm at the last follow up. CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft has advantage of preservation of anatomic structure and secure bone-to-bone fixation like the bone-patel-lar tendon-bone graft that bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft is a reasonable choice in ACL reconstruction.
