5 things to know about contralateral ACL reconstruction

Orthopedic

What are the predictors of contralateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?

A group of researchers set out to answer this question and published their findings in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. They conducted research in the Swedish National Knee Ligament Register from Jan. 1, 2005 to Dec. 31, 2013 for patients 13 years old to 59 years old. Each patient underwent a primary ipsilateral ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon or bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts.

 

The average follow up for the patients was five years, or Dec. 31, 2013. There were 9,061 patients included in the study. Here are five key findings:

 

1. Three percent of patients underwent primary contralateral ACL reconstruction over the five-year follow-up.

 

2. Researchers did not find a difference in contralateral reconstruction rate between male and female patients. The rate was 3 percent among males and 2.9 percent among females.

 

3. Patients older than 20 were at a significantly increased risk of contralateral reconstruction.

 

4. Contralateral hamstring tendon harvest for female patients undergoing reconstruction with an autograft hamstring significantly increased the risk.

 

5. The patient's activity at the time of injury, graft selection, meniscal injury and chondral injury were not predictors of the contralateral ACL reconstruction.

 

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