title: PERI-INCISIONAL DYSESTHESIA FOLLOWING ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION USING CENTRAL THIRD OF PATELLAR TENDON.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence and type of dysesthesia around the incision used to obtain the patellar tendon for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Out of a population of 1368 ACL reconstructions using the central third of the patellar tendon, 102 patients (111 knees) were evaluated by means of telephone interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean follow-up was 52 months (ranging from 12 to 88 months). The patients' ages ranged from 16 to 58 years (mean: 34.7 years). There was some degree of peri-incisional dysesthesia in 66 knees (59.46%). In 40.54% of the knees, this condition was not found. In all the cases of dysesthesia, the type encountered was Highet's type II.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peri-incisional dysesthesia following ACL reconstruction using the central third of the patellar tendon is highly prevalent. It affected more than half of the cases in this series.
authors.affiliation: PhD from UNIFESP. Adjunct Professor in the Department of the Locomotor Apparatus, School of Medicine, UFMG. Member of the Knee Group at Hospital Mother Teresa.
authors.forename: Lúcio Honório
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Júnior
authors.affiliation: Member of the Knee Group at Hospital Mother Teresa.
authors.forename: Soares Luiz Fernando
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Member of the Knee Group at Hospital Mother Teresa.
authors.forename: Matheus Braga Jacques
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte.
authors.forename: Paulo Randal Pires
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Júnior
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte.
authors.forename: Daniel Soares
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Baumfeld
authors.affiliation: Physician undergoing fourth-year specialization training in the Orthopedics Service, Hospital Mother Teresa.
authors.forename: Marcelo Lobo
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Physician undergoing fourth-year specialization training in the Orthopedics Service, Hospital Mother Teresa.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Rosa
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Lessa
authors.affiliation: Physician undergoing fourth-year specialization training in the Orthopedics Service, Hospital Mother Teresa.
authors.forename: Lincoln Paiva
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Medical Student at UFMG.
authors.forename: Henrique Barra
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Bisinoto
keywords: Anterior Cruciate Ligament/surgery, Paresthesia; Knee/surgery