Clinical and radiological long-term results after primary knee ligament surgery
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
- Vol. 104 (1) , 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00449948
Abstract
A total of 77 patients were reviewed 2 to 7 years (average 40 months) after primary operative treatment of an acute knee ligament injury. Fifty percent of the injuries occurred during sports events, the other causes were traffic in 29% of cases and accidents at work, home etc. in 21% of the cases. Crosscountry skiing was the cause in half of the sports accidents. There were two annual peaks in the distribution of the injuries: January–March (40% of the cases) and August–October (29%). The total number of operations increased steeply during our observation period; 57% of the operations were performed from 1980 to 1981. The most common types of injury were a combination rupture of the anterior cruciate and the medial collateral ligaments (36% of the cases) and a medial collateral ligament rupture alone (31%). According to the follow-up study, excellent or good results were obtained in 59% of the cases and fair or poor in 41%. The pathological clinical and radiological changes after knee ligament injury accumulated markedly under some specific findings. Characteristic of the patients with excellent healing results was that they were younger, received isolated ligament injury and played a great amount of sport, and of the patients with fair or poor results that they were older, received combined ligament injury, suffered quadriceps muscle atrophy and had diminished sporting activity. Bei 77 Patienten mit primär operierten frischen Kniebandverletzungen wurde 2–7 Jahre (Mittel: 40 Monate) nach der Verletzung eine Nachuntersuchung durchgeführt. Ätiologisch dominierten Sportverletzungen (50%, die Hälfte davon Skilanglaufverletzungen), gefolgt von Verkehrsunfällen (29%) und anderen (21%, Arbeits-, Haushalts-u. a. Unfälle). In der jährlichen Verteilung der Verletzungen gab es 2 Spitzen: Januar–März (40%) und August–Oktober (29%). Während der Untersuchungszeitspanne nahm die Zahl der Operationen erheblich zu: 57% aller Operationen wurden 1980–81 durchgeführt. Am häufigsten waren kombinierte Rupturen des vorderen Kreuzbandes und medialen Seitenbandes (36%) sowie isolierte Rupturen des medianen Seitenbandes (31%). Sehr gute oder gute Resultate fanden sich bei 59%, befriedigende oder mäßige bei 41% der Fälle. Pathologische klinische und radiologische Veränderungen traten bei bestimmten Diagnosen gehäuft auf. Patienten mit sehr guten oder guten Ergebnissen waren jünger, hatten isolierte Bandverletzungen und trieben aktiv Sport; befriedigende oder mäßige Ergebnisse fanden sich bei älteren Patienten, bei kombinierten Bandverletzungen, bei Atrophie des M. quadriceps femoris sowie bei geringer Sportaktivität.Keywords
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