The Lateral Tibial Tunnel in ACL Surgery

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• Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Surgery
• Interventions: Procedure: Lateral tibial tunnel

• Registration Number: NCT01598636
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Brief Summary

The Lateral Tibial Tunnel technique is a new concept in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery. In this technique a tibial tunnel is drilled from the antero-lateral side of the tibia towards the ACL footprint. This technique allows the surgeon to deal with bone stock problems in the antero-medial part of the tibia as often encountered in ACL revision surgery. In ACL revision surgery it is often impossible to perform a one-stage revision surgery procedure due to bone stock deficiency in the antero-medial side of the tibia. It is hypothesized that the Lateral tibial tunnel technique allows the surgeon to perform a one-stage procedure instead of a two stage procedure. Furthermore the lateral tibial tunnel technique allows better graft fixation in two-stage ACL revision surgery. Several biomechanical studies proved biomechanical superiority of the new technique compared to the classical technique.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-10
• Study First Posted: 2012-05-15
• Study Start: 2013-02
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2014-06
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• patients requiring ACL revision surgery
• patients requiring ACL surgery who have bone stock problems at the medial side of the proximal tibia

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Lateral Tibial Tunnel technique	Lateral tibial tunnel	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluations of clinical scores at 1 year	1 year post operative
Evaluation of CT scan and X-ray 1 year post-operative	1 year post-operative
Evaluation of clinical scores pre-operative	pre-operative
Evaluation of clinical scores at 6 months	6 months post operative
Evaluation of CT scan and X-ray post-operative	post-operative
evaluation of clinical scores at 3 months	3 months post operative
Evaluation of CT scan and X-ray pre-operative	pre-operative

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

GZA Sint-Augustinus; 🇧🇪 Antwerp, Belgium

University Hospital; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium