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Bone-patellar tendon-bone reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

A long-term comparison of early and late repair

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Ninety-one patients were assessed 5–9 years after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (bone patella-tendon bone autograft). Forty-eight patients had been treated within 6 weeks of the injury (Group I) and 43 patients more than 3 months after the injury (Group II). 73 patients had either a normal or nearly normal final outcome. The mean Lysholm score was 82 and the mean Marshall score was 42. Eighty nine patients had normal or nearly normal stability in the operated knee when compared to the contralateral joint. In none of these results was there any significant difference between the groups. Results of functional and of isokinetic strength tests, as well as the presence of anterior knee pain, were also similar in both groups. However, patients with early reconstruction had fewer degenerative changes in the tibio-femoral joint and were more satisfied with the result. They also returned to their pre-injury level of sports activity more often than those patients in the late reconstruction group.

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Nous avons revu quatre-vingt douze patients ayant eu une reconstruction du ligament croisé antérieur du genou par autogreffe os-tendon rotulien-os, avec un recul de 5 á 9 ans. Quarante-huit patients ont été opérés dans les 6 semaines suivants le traumatisme (groupe I) et quarante-trois patients plus de trois mois aprés le traumatisme (groupe II). Soixante-trois patients ont un résultat normal ou presque normal. Le score Lysholm a été 82 et le score Marshall a été 42. La stabilité du genou opéré a été normale ou presque normale dans quatre-vingt neuf cas. Il n’y a pas eu de différence significative dans les deux groupes. Le résultat des tests fonctionnels, la force musculaire isokinétique et la douleur résiduelle dans le genou ont été similaires dans les deux groupes. Cependant, dans la reconstruction précoce il y a eu moins de lésions dégénératives de l’articulation tibio-fémorale, moins de gêne ou de douleurs et le retour á l’activité sportive a été plus fréquent. Nos résultats montrent que la réparation précoce est préférable.

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Accepted: 12 July 1999

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Järvelä, T., Nyyssönen, M., Kannus, P. et al. Bone-patellar tendon-bone reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament . International Orthopaedics SICOT 23, 227–231 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050357

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