title: Compartment pressure monitoring during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
abstract: A prospective double blind randomized study was carried out using 20 healthy males with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficiency undergoing bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL reconstruction. The subjects were randomized into either water or saline irrigation and then underwent identical reconstructive procedures using an arthroscopic pump. Continuous preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative pressures were monitored using the slit catheter technique. Blood pressure and compartment pressure measurements were continuously recorded and noted at all stages of the procedure. Mean preoperative anterior and posterior compartment pressures were similar in both groups. No significant differences were noted between the anterior and posterior compartments of each group. No difference between water and saline irrigation was identified throughout the procedure. In both groups, postoperative pressures were slightly lower in the anterior and posterior compartments compared with preoperative pressures, but not significantly.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amendola
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Willits
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miniaci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Labib
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001182:Arthroscopy; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011312:Pressure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride