Long-term followup of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using freeze-dried fascia lata allografts.
We identified 79 patients who underwent arthroscopically assisted intraarticular anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with freeze-dried fascia lata allografts and an additional lateral extraarticular reconstruction. We were able to contact 62 patients (79%) for follow-up evaluation at an average of 134.5 months. Forty patients (51%) returned for objective evaluation. Lysholm scores at followup averaged 92.3 and Tegner activity scores averaged 5.1. Only four (6%) of the 62 patients contacted reported episodes of full giving way. Thirty (75%) of the 40 patients examined demonstrated 3 mm or less side-to-side difference on KT-1000 arthrometer manual maximum evaluation. Forty-eight (77%) of the 62 patients were participating in sporting activities at final followup. No patient had evidence of graft rejection.
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Louisiana, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005612:Freeze Drying; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012421:Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome