Single Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Active Young Men

National Police Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

Treatments: Procedure: anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01533025

NPH2008-007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The clinical outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using free tendon Achilles allograft are comparable to those using Achilles allograft with bone block on its end.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male subjects
• subjects who had concomitant medial collateral ligament injury which was managed conservatively
• subjects who had meniscus tear which was managed by partial meniscectomy

Exclusion criteria

• subjects who underwent a subtotal or total meniscectomy, meniscal repair, or meniscal transplantation due to meniscus injury
• subjects who underwent an operation due to any concomitant ipsilateral ligament injuries
• subjects who underwent microfracture or cartilage transplantation due to full thickness cartilage injury
• female
• subjects who were older than 45
• subjects who had histories of injuries on either knee

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

bone-tendon Achilles allograft group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the group which underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using bone-tendon Achilles allograft

Treatment:

Procedure: anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

free tendon Achilles allogarft group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the group which underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using free tendon Achilles allograft

Treatment:

Procedure: anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction