The Lateral Tibial Tunnel in ACL Surgery

The Lateral Tibial Tunnel in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery. A Clinical and Ct-graphic Study.to Evaluate the Concept

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01598636

Acronym

LTT-HVDB

Enrollment

Registered

2012-05-15

Start date

2013-02-28

Completion date

2014-06-30

Last updated

2022-12-15

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Conditions

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Surgery

Brief summary

The Lateral Tibial Tunnel technique is a new concept in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery. In this technique a tibial tunnel is drilled from the antero-lateral side of the tibia towards the ACL footprint. This technique allows the surgeon to deal with bone stock problems in the antero-medial part of the tibia as often encountered in ACL revision surgery. In ACL revision surgery it is often impossible to perform a one-stage revision surgery procedure due to bone stock deficiency in the antero-medial side of the tibia. It is hypothesized that the Lateral tibial tunnel technique allows the surgeon to perform a one-stage procedure instead of a two stage procedure. Furthermore the lateral tibial tunnel technique allows better graft fixation in two-stage ACL revision surgery. Several biomechanical studies proved biomechanical superiority of the new technique compared to the classical technique.

Interventions

PROCEDURELateral tibial tunnel

To reduce the rehabilitation time after ACL revision surgery due to a better surgical technique

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients requiring ACL revision surgery * patients requiring ACL surgery who have bone stock problems at the medial side of the proximal tibia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Evaluation of clinical scores pre-operative	pre-operative
evaluation of clinical scores at 3 months	3 months post operative
Evaluation of clinical scores at 6 months	6 months post operative
Evaluations of clinical scores at 1 year	1 year post operative
Evaluation of CT scan and X-ray pre-operative	pre-operative
Evaluation of CT scan and X-ray post-operative	post-operative
Evaluation of CT scan and X-ray 1 year post-operative	1 year post-operative

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026