title: Preoperative assessments completed for anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with remnant preservation.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the preoperative characteristics that are necessary to be able to perform reconstructions of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with remnant preservation. The preoperative period was significantly shorter for patients in patients who received a reconstruction with remnant preservation than for those without remnant (3.9 months vs 16.0 months, p < 0.01). The cut-off time to be able to reconstruct an ACL with remnant preservation were 2.5 months. The preoperative period is important to perform an ACL reconstruction with remnant preservation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Muneaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishijima
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saita
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Sung-Gong
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University Geriatric Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
keywords: ACL; Preoperative period; Remnant preservation