Does Stump-Preserving Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Provide Better Functional Outcomes?
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Knee Ligament Injury
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Knee stability
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
To assess the clinical outcome in patients who had ACL reconstruction with preservation of the remnant and compare it with patients in whom the stump was resected
Detailed Description
100 patients are subjected to ACL reconstruction. Half of them had ACL reconstruction with Stump preservation and the other half had ACL reconstruction with stump resection. The clinical outcome in both groups is assessed and compared
Investigators
Mahmoud Ahmed El-Desouky
Associate Professor of Orthopedic surgery
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •patients with torn ACL within 6 months
Exclusion Criteria
- •Old ACL injury Multi-ligamentous knee injuries Mal-alignments
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Knee stability
Time Frame: 2 years
KT-1000 Arthrometer
Knee proprioception
Time Frame: 2 years
Passive angle reproduction test
IKDC score
Time Frame: 2 years
Lysholm score
Time Frame: 2 years
Tegner activity score
Time Frame: 2 years