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ReviewKnee surgery & related research2020

Comparison of clinical outcomes and second-look arthroscopic evaluations between anterior cruciate ligament anteromedial bundle augmentation and single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Gil Yeong Ahn, Tae Hun Lee, Kyung Jin Lee, Sangwon Woo

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Review in Knee surgery & related research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The importance of continuous remnant preservation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gil Yeong AhnDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Pohang St. Mary's Hospital, Daejamdong-gil 17, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyung-Buk, 37661, South Korea.
Tae Hun LeeDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Pohang St. Mary's Hospital, Daejamdong-gil 17, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyung-Buk, 37661, South Korea. osbonelee@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-8492
Kyung Jin LeeDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Pohang St. Mary's Hospital, Daejamdong-gil 17, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyung-Buk, 37661, South Korea.
Sangwon WooDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Pohang St. Mary's Hospital, Daejamdong-gil 17, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyung-Buk, 37661, South Korea.
Pohang TechnoPark (South Korea) · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

subjectThis study compared clinical outcomes and second-look arthroscopic evaluations between anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) anteromedial (AM) bundle augmentation and single-bundle ACL reconstruction. PURPOSE: We compared the clinical results and the second-look arthroscopic findings between (1) single-bundle ACL reconstruction in complete rupture and (2) ACL AM bundle augmentation in isolated AM bundle rupture. MATERIALS AND

methodsTwo groups of patients underwent ACL surgery from January 2013 to December 2018. Group 1, who had 64 cases of single-bundle ACL reconstruction with second-look arthroscopy, and Group 2, who had 21 cases of AM bundle augmentation of ACL with second-look arthroscopy, were targeted. We evaluated and compared the clinical results (Lysholm score, Tegner activity score, Lachman test, and pivot-shift test) and synovialization at second-look arthroscopy before the operation and in the final follow-up period, between Group 1 and Group 2.

resultsThe Lysholm score (p = 0.96) and Tegner activity score (p = 0.351) at final follow-up (mean 27.1 months) were 78.3 and 7.2 in Group 1 and 89.1 and 8.1 in Group 2, respectively. The Lachman test (p = 0.074) and pivot-shift test (p = 0.031) results at final follow-up were improved; however, there was no statistical significance. Second-look arthroscopy showed that percentages of synovialization area of grafted tendon at mean 15.6 months follow-up were 61.4% and 93.1% in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively (p = 0.008). The synovial coverage in Group 2 was higher than in Group 1.

conclusionThe AM bundle augmentation for ACL injury in which the posterolateral bundle was preserved showed better clinical scores and synovial coverage than single-bundle ACL reconstruction for complete ACL rupture. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: The level of evidence is Level III, retrospective with case series.

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Anterior cruciate ligamentAugmentationKneeReconstructionSecond-look arthroscopySynovial coverage

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PMID32867827
PMCPMC7457806
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