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Erschienen in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 9/2018

19.05.2018 | Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine

Differences between traumatic and non-traumatic causes of ACL revision surgery

verfasst von: Vera Jaecker, Tabea Zapf, Jan-Hendrik Naendrup, Ajay C. Kanakamedala, Thomas Pfeiffer, Sven Shafizadeh

Erschienen in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Ausgabe 9/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and classify causes for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction failure. It was hypothesized that specific technical and biological reconstruction aspects would differ when comparing traumatic and non-traumatic ACL reconstruction failures.

Materials and methods

One hundred and forty-seven consecutive patients who experienced ACL reconstruction failure and underwent revision between 2009 and 2014 were analyzed. Based on a systematic failure analysis, including evaluation of technical information on primary ACL reconstruction and radiological assessment of tunnel positions, causes were classified into traumatic and non-traumatic mechanisms of failure; non-traumatic mechanisms were further sub-divided into technical and biologic causes. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and chi-squared tests were performed to determine differences between groups based on various factors including graft choice, fixation technique, technique of femoral tunnel positioning, tunnel malpositioning, and time to revision.

Results

Non-traumatic, i.e., technical, and traumatic mechanisms of ACL reconstruction failure were found in 64.5 and 29.1% of patients, respectively. Biological failure was found only in 6.4% of patients. Non-anatomical femoral tunnel positioning was found the most common cause (83.1%) for technical reconstruction failure followed by non-anatomical tibial tunnel positioning (45.1%). There were strong correlations between non-traumatic technical failure and femoral tunnel malpositioning, transtibial femoral tunnel drilling techniques, femoral transfixation techniques as well as earlier graft failure (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

Technical causes, particularly tunnel malpositioning, were significantly correlated with increased incidence of non-traumatic ACL reconstruction failure. Transtibial femoral tunnel positioning techniques and femoral transfixation techniques, showed an increased incidence of non-traumatic, earlier graft failure.
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Metadaten
Titel
Differences between traumatic and non-traumatic causes of ACL revision surgery
verfasst von
Vera Jaecker
Tabea Zapf
Jan-Hendrik Naendrup
Ajay C. Kanakamedala
Thomas Pfeiffer
Sven Shafizadeh
Publikationsdatum
19.05.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Ausgabe 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2954-5

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