title: [Chronic anterior laxity of the knee treated by extra-articular ligamentoplasty. 226 cases reviewed after more than 2 years].
abstract: Two-hundred and twenty-six patients with chronic anterior laxity of the knee treated by Lemaire extra-articular ligamentoplasty were assessed after a follow-up of 2 to 9 years, with a mean of 4.5 years. Fifty-five knees had only an anterior laxity and 166 anterior laxity combined with medial laxity, in 100 of which tensioning or reinforcement of the medial ligament was needed. Forty-two per cent of sporting patients were able to return to sport at the same level, though half of them had some discomfort. Fifty-one per cent of patients did not experience any instability in daily and working life but half of them had occasional pain. Sixty-one per cent of knees did not, at review, show a positive MacIntosh pivot shift test and the absence of pivot shift correlated statistically with the quality of the functional result. In seventy-three per cent of knees there was a positive Lachmantest indicating definite laxity at the review. Thirty per cent of knees developed a lateral laxity, which questions the innocuousness of removal of the iliotibial tract. Twenty-seven per cent showed radiological deterioration of the medial joint space. A comparison of these results with the published results of intra-articular ligamentoplasty suggests that extra-articular ligamentoplasty with fascia lata should be limited to the treatment of isolated chronic anterior ligament laxity in middle-aged patients who do not participate in strenuous sporting activities.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Chirurgicale Orthopédique et Traumatologique de Tours, Hôpital Trousseau, Chambray-les-Tours.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burgot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosset
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Favard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burdin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Laxités chroniques antérieures du genou traitées par ligamentoplastie extra-articulaire. 226 cas revus à plus de 2 ans.