Pain Evaluation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Ligamentoplasty

Hospital Ambroise Paré Paris

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Treatments: Procedure: Classical technique; Procedure: "All-inside"

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01448278

APR112010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The "All-inside" method is a new minimally invasive procedure for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL). It consists of incomplete bone tunnels drilling and cortical fixation. In the so-called "classical" method, the fixation is achieved with interference screws.

The hypothesis of this study was that the "All-inside" technique causes less pain than the conventional technique. The main objective was to evaluate the immediate postoperative pain for the first ten days and at one month from the intervention.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Total or partial tear of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Exclusion criteria

• Patient refusal

Trial design

46 participants in 2 patient groups

All-inside technique

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: "All-inside"

Classical technique

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Classical technique