Abstract
Fifty-two cases were treated by arthroscopic reconstuction of the anterior cruciate ligament from 1985 to 1991. Thirty-six cases are evaluated in this paper. There were twenty-two male and fourteen female cases and the average age was 27.6 years-old. The average follow-up period was three years. The material used for reconstruction was Leeds-Keio artificial ligament in thirty cases and patellar tendon autograft in six cases.
Clinical result were excellent in 74.2%, good in 6.5%, fair in 6.5% and poor in 12.9%. Post-operative arthroscopy was performed in eighteen of Leeds-Keio artificial ligament cases. Good scar formation was seen in 10 case but partial exposure of the artificialligament was seen in three cases and no scar formation in three cases. Complete rupture of the ligament was obserbed in two cases.
We have changed the material from Leeds-Keio artificial ligament to patella tendon bacause the long term results are not known for the artificial ligament and because ligament rupture were seen in some cases.
