title: Preliminary report on the Jones, Ellison, Slocum (JES) repair for symptomatic anterior cruciate deficient knees.
abstract: A modified Jones intraarticular anterior cruciate reconstruction was combined with a distal iliotibial band transfer (Ellison) and a pes anserinus transfer (Slocum) for patients with symptomatic anterior cruciate deficient knees. The procedure was performed on 15 young (average age, 22.5 years) athletes, in a single operation through a long, straight, anterior, midline incision. Preoperatively, all 15 patients (15 knees) had symptomatic instability and all but one had a positive pivot shift. At follow up (averaging 39 month range 24-60 months) 13 (93%) had the pivot shift eliminated and only one, with 36 months followup, had instability on return to sports. Postoperatively, patients were immobilized 3 weeks and then were started on a physical therapy program which ended in return to sports at 1 year.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D001484:Baseball; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012421:Rupture; D012916:Soccer