Comparison of Early Versus Delay Reconstruction in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tearing

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

Treatments: Procedure: delay reconstruction; Procedure: early reconstruction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01580722

ASD-1213-100

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine which surgical method is better for anterior cruciate ligament teas in outcomes.

Full description

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most commonly injured ligaments of the knee. This study was conducted to determine whether the outcome of treatment is superior in early surgical reconstruction compared with optional delay reconstruction.

Enrollment: 202 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 36 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

a. patients with confirmed anterior cruciate ligament tearing

Exclusion criteria

One of the following associated injuries to the index knee as visualized on MRI and/or arthroscopy:

1. An unstable longitudinal meniscus tear that requires repair and where the following postoperative treatment (i.e. bracing and limited ROM) interferes with the rehabilitation protocol
2. Bi-compartmental extensive meniscus resections
3. A cartilage injury representing a full thickness loss down to bone
4. A total rupture of MCL/LCL as visualized on MRI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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202 participants in 2 patient groups

early

Other group

Description:

patients underwent \< 8 weeks reconstruction after injury

Treatment:

Procedure: early reconstruction

delay

Other group

Description:

patients underwent \> 8 weeks reconstruction after injury

Treatment:

Procedure: delay reconstruction