Delayed Knee Locking after Complicated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Despite Good Stability Using A Bio-Transfix
- Author:
Yong Seuk LEE
1
;
Beom Koo LEE
;
Jae Ang SIM
;
Ji Hoon KWAK
;
Shin Woo NAM
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. bklee@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anterior cruciate ligament;
Reconstruction;
Complication;
TransFix;
Guidewire
- MeSH:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament;
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Knee;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Young Adult
- From:The Journal of Korean Knee Society
2011;23(4):236-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We describe a case of delayed cyst formation that presented as intermittent knee locking after complicated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using a Bio-TransFix implant in a 21-year-old male patient. During femoral fixation, we could not pull out the guide wire that was temporarily used for the femoral fixation. However, stability was good, and the guide wire was not removed. This was shown to be a wrong type of fixation in a later study. During follow-up, the patient was satisfied and stability was relatively good until 18 months post-operatively. From the 2nd post-operative year, he experienced intermittent knee swelling and locking and pain around the lateral femoral condyle. Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging showed a large cyst around the broken wire tip, but the reconstructed ACL was fine.
