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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 72, Issue 3 382-392, Copyright © 1990 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

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The effects of transection of the anterior cruciate ligament on healing of the medial collateral ligament. A biomechanical study of the knee in dogs

SL Woo, EP Young, KJ Ohland, JP Marcin, S Horibe and HC Lin
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory, San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center, California.

The effect of concurrent injury to the anterior cruciate ligament on the healing of injuries of the medial collateral ligament was studied in dogs. In Group I, isolated transection of the medial collateral ligament was performed; in Group II, transection of the medial collateral ligament with partial transection of the anterior cruciate ligament; and in Group III, complete transection of both the medial collateral ligament and the anterior cruciate ligament. The three groups of animals were examined six and twelve weeks postoperatively with respect to varus-valgus rotation of the knee and tensile properties of the femur-medial collateral ligament-tibia complex. The varus-valgus rotation of the knee was found to be the largest in Group-III specimens at all time-periods and was 3.5 times greater than the control values at twelve weeks. Group-I and Group-II specimens also showed large varus-valgus rotations at time zero, but the rotations returned to the control values by twelve weeks. For the structural properties of the femur-medial collateral ligament-tibia complex, the values for ultimate load for Groups I and II reached the control values by twelve weeks, while that for Group III remained at only 80 per cent of the control value. Both energy absorbed at failure and linear stiffness for all three groups were less than those for the controls at six weeks, and only linear stiffness returned to the control values by twelve weeks. For the mechanical (material) properties of the healed ligament substance, the values for modulus and tensile strength were markedly lower than the control values for all groups at six weeks. By twelve weeks, the tensile strength of Group-I specimens had increased to 52 per cent of the control value, while those of Groups II and III were only 45 and 14 per cent, respectively. Our results demonstrate that healing of the transected medial collateral ligament is adversely affected by concomitant transection of the anterior cruciate ligament. Both varus-valgus rotation and mechanical properties of the healed ligament failed to recover in knees that had combined transection of the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments. The structural properties of the femur-medial collateral ligament-tibia complex in tension recovered more rapidly as a consequence of the large mass of reparative tissue that formed in the medial collateral ligament of the anterior cruciate-deficient knees.
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