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Clinical outcome of anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction and 3D CT model-based validation of femoral socket aperture position

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of anatomic double-bundle (DB) anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in which anatomic position of femoral socket apertures was validated using three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) modelling.

Methods

Anatomic DB ACL reconstructions with hamstring autografts were performed in 34 patients. Two femoral sockets were created through a far anteromedial (AM) portal behind the lateral intercondylar ridge with the assistance of intraoperative 3D fluoroscopic navigation. Femoral tunnel aperture positioning was investigated postoperatively using 3D CT images in all patients. Clinical results were also evaluated subjectively and objectively at least up to 2 years.

Results

Measurement of the AM and the posterolateral (PL) femoral socket locations on the 3D CT images using the quadrant method showed that the centre of the AM socket aperture was located at a depth of 21.0 ± 4.1 % and a height of 30.5 ± 9.3 % and that of the PL socket aperture was located at a depth of 31.3 ± 5.8 % and a height of 57.2 ± 7.7 %. The femoral socket locations were considered as anatomic in accordance with previous cadaveric studies examining the positions of ACL femoral insertion site. Subjectively, the mean Lysholm score was 96.9 ± 4.0 points. According to IKDC final objective scores, 26 knees (76 %) were objectively graded as normal, 8 (24 %) as nearly normal, and 0 (0 %) as abnormal or severely abnormal. Postoperative side-to-side anterior translation measured with a KT-2000 arthrometer averaged 0.7 ± 1.2 mm.

Conclusions

DB ACL reconstructions in which femoral socket apertures were validated anatomically using 3D CT provided satisfactory short-term results.

Level of evidence

Case series, Level IV.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Shuji Taketomi, Hiroshi Inui, Kensuke Nakamura, Jinso Hirota, Takaki Sanada, Hideki Takeda & Sakae Tanaka

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Hironari Masuda & Takumi Nakagawa

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Taketomi, S., Inui, H., Nakamura, K. et al. Clinical outcome of anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction and 3D CT model-based validation of femoral socket aperture position. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 22, 2194–2201 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-013-2663-0

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