title: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Bone Patellar Tendon Bone Graft through a Mini Arthrotomy.
abstract: Instability after rupture of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) may lead to recurrent episodes of giving way, an increased risk of meniscal injury and premature degenerative changes. A total of 25 cases with ACL injuries were evaluated after reconstruction with bone patellar tendon bone graft through a mini-arthrotomy. All patients were male. Maximum number of patients were between 25-30 years of age (40%). The most common modality of injury was contact sports (44%). Most common complaint was instability of knee (100%). Average Lysholm score increased from pre-operative of 47 (27-75) to post-operative of 87 (68-95). Two patients (8%) had retropatellar pain. Moderate to severe graft site tenderness was present in 4 (21%). After an average follow up of one year three months, the results were comparable with the results of arthroscopic reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Deputy Commandant, Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Pathania
authors.affiliation: Graded Specialist (Orthopaedics), Command Hospital (Air Force), Bangalore.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Joshi
keywords: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Mini arthrotomy