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ArticleJournal of experimental orthopaedics2021

Clinical outcome after knee ligament reconstruction with tendon allografts.

Jon Olav Drogset, Kristina Hovde Størset, Thea Marie Nitteberg, Tone Gifstad

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Article in Journal of experimental orthopaedics, 2021. 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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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jon Olav DrogsetNorwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. jon.o.drogset@ntnu.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-2453
Kristina Hovde StørsetNorwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Thea Marie NittebergNorwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Tone GifstadNorwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical outcome for patients after knee ligament reconstructions with allografts at a university hospital.

methodsA total of 33 patients received allografts for reconstructive knee surgery between 2007 and 2017. The follow up evaluation consisted of a clinical knee examination including evaluation of range of motion (ROM), lateral and medial laxity, the Lachman test, the Pivot shift test, the sag test, the posterior drawer test and checking for patellofemoral pain. The following patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) were used; the Lysholm Function Score, the Tegner activity score, and the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS).

resultsTwenty-one (64%) patients were available for the follow-up evaluation and the mean follow-up time was 4.8 years. A total of 16 out of 21 patients had multiligament injuries of which the ACL was the ligament most frequently ruptured. At the time of follow-up, 14 out of 16 patients (87%) with ACL injury had Lachman test grade 0 or grade 1 + , and 12 out of 13 (92%) had a pivot shift grade 0 or 1 + . The mean Lysholm Score was 74. All mean KOOS subscale values were ≥ 59 at the follow-up. The preoperative Tegner activity score was 3 (range, 1-6) and 4 (range, 2-6) at follow up. There were no deep postoperative infections. A total of 19 out of 21 patients (90%) reported that they would have undergone surgery again had they known the clinical outcome in advance.

conclusionsThe patients improved from the preoperative score to the follow-up score in the knee-related Quality of Life (QoL) KOOS subscale. None of the patients were diagnosed with deep postoperative infections.

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AllograftKnee ligamentLigament reconstructionsSurgical treatment

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PMID33554303
PMCPMC7868311
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