Influence of Combined Double-Bundle ACL Reconstruction With Lateral Retinacular Release to Prevent Patellofemoral Malalignment in Isolated ACL Rupture

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: ACL Injury

Treatments: Procedure: ACL reconstruction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06004297

AP/2019/003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anterior knee pain which might be due to patellofemoral malalignment is an inevitable post operative complication after an ACL reconstruction (ACLR). We combined the double bundle ACLR technique with lateral release technique to prevent patellofemoral malalignment post ACLR.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral isolated total ACL rupture
• normal BMI

Exclusion criteria

• flexion contracture more than 200, presence of anterior knee pain before surgery, Q angle >140 in males and >170 in females, presence of a patellar tilting, rupture of other ligaments, and muscular dysfunction.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1

Active Comparator group

Description:

Single bundle group

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL reconstruction

Group 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Double bundle only group

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL reconstruction

Group 3

Experimental group

Description:

Double bundle with lateral release group

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL reconstruction