title: Comparative evaluation of knee stability following reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament with the bone-patellar tendon-bone and the double semitendinosus-gracilis methods: 1- and 2-year prospective study.
abstract: An account of a prospective study of anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with the bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft (BPTB) and the doubled semitendinosus-gracilis autograft (ST-GR) is given in 39 patients and 22 patients, respectively. The BPTB patients were younger, and there were more women in the ST-GR group. There were no statistical differences in the clinical and instrumental evaluations of stability after 1 and 2 years (Lachman and Jerk test, KT1000) between the two groups. Slightly better results were obtained in the BPTB group: mean 0.80 and 0.96 (first and second years) versus 1.18 and 1.20. Both methods, in fact, resulted in very satisfactory anterior knee stability, even when applied in two dissimilar groups of patients.
authors.affiliation: Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopic Surgery Unit, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. matteodenti@traumasport.net
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denti
authors.forename: Dario Lo
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Vetere
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volpi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D053587:Arthrometry, Articular; D050376:Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous