Comparison of Different Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery Techniques in Skeletally Immature Patients.

Aarhus University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

Treatments: Procedure: ACL-reconstruction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04644497

EC 1-10-72-246-20

Details and patient eligibility

About

This cohort study compares to groups of patients with reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Patients in group 1 had ACL-reconstruction in the years 2001-2010 with a transphyseal drilling technique. Patient in group 2 had ACL-reconstruction in the years 2013-2018 with a physeal sparing technique.

Data including: x-ray exam, patient reported questionnaires and clinical evaluation will be compared between the 2 groups.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ACL reconstruction as skeletally immature

Exclusion criteria

• Other ligament injuries in index knee
• Other ligament injuries in opposite knee
• Revision ACL reconstruction
• Pregnant
• Not able to read or understand the danish languages

Trial design

120 participants in 2 patient groups

Transphyseal drilling technique

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL-reconstruction

Physeal sparing drilling technique

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL-reconstruction