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Significantly higher revision rates with acute primary repair procedure for ACL ruptures

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August 2013

Significantly higher revision rates with acute primary repair procedure for ACL ruptures

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:499| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

A Sixteen-Year Follow-up of Three Operative Techniques for the Treatment of Acute Ruptures of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 May;88(5):944-52

Contributing Authors:
JO Drogset T Grrntvedt OR Robak A Mrlster AT Viset L Engebretsen

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147 patients with ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament were randomised to undergo one of three surgical procedures. The three procedures were acute primary repair, acute repair augmented with a synthetic ligament-augmentation device, and acute repair augmented with autologous bone-patellar tendon-bone graft. The primary outcomes were pain and function. The results indicated that the primary ...

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