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Conservative Repair for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

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The methods and short-term results of the new conservative treatment for acute ACL injury are presented. The treatment in which the ruptured ACL stump is repositioned and glued arthroscopically was applied to 25 patients from 1990 to 1992. Twenty-three patients were followed up. Sixteen patients did not experience giving way of the knee, and 6 did. Eleven knees showed negative pivot shift; 5 knees were grad-1 positive and 4 knees grade-2 positive. The side-to-side difference of KT-1000 was from −1 to 6 mm with an average and SD of 2.5 ± 1.5 mm at follow-up. This treatment is minimally invasive to the knees and may be recommended to those who want to resume light or occasional recreational sports.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, 2-14-23 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102, Japan

    Hisashi Kurosawa

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aichi Medical University, 21 Yazako Karimata, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi, 480-11, Japan

    Shigeo Niwa M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

  2. Department of Joint Disease, Nippon Medical School, 3-5-5 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

    Shinichi Yoshino M.D., Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650, Japan

    Masahiro Kurosaka M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565, Japan

    Konsei Shino M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  5. The Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, 1 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, 790, Japan

    Sumiki Yamamoto M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Director, Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Kurosawa, H. (1997). Conservative Repair for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. In: Niwa, S., Yoshino, S., Kurosaka, M., Shino, K., Yamamoto, S. (eds) Reconstruction of the Knee Joint. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68464-0_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68464-0_6

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Tokyo

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