title: Cruciate ligament prosthesis vs. augmentation. A randomized, prospective 5-year follow-up of 41 cases.
abstract: In a prospective study, 18 patients were randomized to a prosthesis and 23 patients to the Kennedy Ligament Augmentation Device (LAD) because of functional instability due to old anterior cruciate ligament injuries. The operations were performed with use of a modified over-the-top technique. At the last follow-up (5 years), postoperative improvements in scores were maintained for both groups, but LAD-reconstructed patients had better Lysholm and activity scores than the Goretex group. The achieved postoperative improvement in anterior stability (KT-1000) did not deteriorate for either of the groups during the 5-year follow-up. The Goretex patients had more effusion and pain and more secondary operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dahlstedt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalén
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adolphson
mesh_terms: D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene