Knee Ligament Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, tibial stump, stump preservation, knee proprioception.
Brief summary
To assess the clinical outcome in patients who had ACL reconstruction with preservation of the remnant and compare it with patients in whom the stump was resected
Detailed description
100 patients are subjected to ACL reconstruction. Half of them had ACL reconstruction with Stump preservation and the other half had ACL reconstruction with stump resection. The clinical outcome in both groups is assessed and compared
Interventions
PROCEDUREACL reconstruction
Use of hamstring tendons graft to replace the torn ACL and being passed and fixed through the femoral and tibial sides
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients with torn ACL within 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* Old ACL injury Multi-ligamentous knee injuries Mal-alignments
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knee stability | 2 years | KT-1000 Arthrometer |
| Knee proprioception | 2 years | Passive angle reproduction test |
| Lysholm score | 2 years | — |
| Tegner activity score | 2 years | — |
| IKDC score | 2 years | — |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed