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01.10.2014 | Knee
The horizontal Y-shaped graft with respective graft tension angles in anatomical two-bundle medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction
verfasst von:
Hui Jun Kang, Jian Hui Cao, Shuo Pan, Xiao Jing Wang, Da Hai Yu, Zhi Min Zheng
Erschienen in:
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
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Ausgabe 10/2014
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Abstract
Purpose
Various techniques for medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction have been described with two bundles of graft tensioned simultaneously. The present study was to introduce an anatomical reconstruction procedure using a horizontal Y-shaped graft with respective graft tension angles and report the preliminary results.
Methods
A surgical technique for MPFL reconstruction using a horizontal Y-shaped semitendinosus tendon autograft with two bundles tensioned at 0° and 30° of knee flexion was described in detail. The patellar stability was evaluated with the apprehension test and an axial computed tomography (CT) scan at 30° of knee flexion. The knee function was evaluated using the Lysholm and Kujala scores.
Results
No recurrent dislocation or subluxation was reported for 45 patients at a mean of 33.7-month follow-up. On CT images, congruence angle, patellar tilt angle, lateral patellar angle and lateral displacement were restored to the normal range. At the last follow-up, the mean Lysholm score improved from 51.8 ± 6.2 to 91.7 ± 4.1 and mean Kujala score was from 53.4 ± 5.3 to 90.9 ± 6.6 (P < 0.01).
Conclusions
The present anatomical MPFL reconstruction technique with a horizontal Y-shaped two-bundle graft tensioned at respective knee flexion angles could not only recreate the fan-shape of MPFL but also mimic the function bundles of native ligament. Clinical follow-up confirms the good restoration of the patellar stability and significant improvement of knee function without special complications.
Level of evidence
Therapeutic, Level IV.