Results of anatomical ACL Reconstruction

Abstract

Background: The knee joint is the most commonly injured of all joints and the anterior cruciate ligament is the most commonly injured ligament. Reconstruction of ACL allows the patient to return to pre-trauma activity level and delays occurrence of associated meniscal injury and onset of osteoarthritis. The “ideal graft” for ACL reconstruction is still a topic of debate. The most commonly used grafts are bone patellar tendon bone graft and hamstring graft.Purpose: To evaluate the results of arthroscopic anatomical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring graft using Lysholm knee scoring scale.Method: The prospective study consists of 40 patients who had undergone arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using Hamstring autograft at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, at General Hospital, Ahmedabad with a minimum of 6 months follow up from June 2016 to November 2018.Results: The patients were followed up at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year and were evaluated using the Lysholme Score. 90% of the patients in this study belong to the 20-40 year age group. Only patients above the age of 18 were included in this study. Out of 40 patients included in this study, 34 were males and 6 were females. The average injury to operative time interval for surgery was 4 months. The results were analyzed as per Lysholme Score as mentioned earlier. 57% (n=23) patients showed excellent results and 38% (n=15) patients showed good results and 5% (n=2) patients showed fair results.