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Repair versus reconstruction of proximal anterior cruciate ligament tears

Conditions
Complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament
Registration Number
NL-OMON22748
Lead Sponsor
Amsterdam UMC
Brief Summary

one yet; will be updated accordingly

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
74
Inclusion Criteria

Preoperatively:
- Complete primary anterior cruciate ligament injury on physical examination and MRI
- Tear in proximal quarter on MRI
- Age 18 - 50
- Preinjury Tegner activity level =5 and desired Tegner activity level =5 (otherwise they can be treated non-operatively)
- Operation within 4 weeks of injury

Intraoperatively:
- Sufficient tissue length (proximal tear that can be reattached to insertion site)
- Sufficient tissue quality (to withhold repair sutures)

Exclusion Criteria

Preoperatively:
- Complete ipsilateral concomitant knee ligament injury requiring surgery
- Concomitant ipsilateral knee dislocation or patellar dislocation
- Osteoarthritis KL grade =2
- Previous ipsilateral ACL reconstruction/repair
- Intra-articular corticosteroids 6 months prior
- No understanding of Dutch language or not capable of understanding the study and participation
- No preoperative flexion of 90 degrees
- Grade 3 pivot shift indicating gross ligament instability that requires additional proce-dures
- Gross lower leg malalignment requiring bony osteotomies
- Muscular, neurological or vascular diseases that influence rehabilitation or surgery
- Prolonged use medication use of prednison or cytostatics
- Pregnancy during injury or surgery
- Osteoporosis that influence rehabilitation or surgery

Intraoperatively:
- No complete tear at arthroscopy (partial tear or intact ACL) or only partially a proximal tear

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Subjective International Knee Documentation Comitee (IKDC) score at two-year follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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