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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 83:1131-1143 (2001)
© 2001 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Revision Anterior Cruciate Surgery with Use of Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autogenous Grafts

Frank R. Noyes, MD and Sue D. Barber-Westin, BS

Investigation performed at the Cincinnati Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center and the Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Frank R. Noyes, MD
Sue D. Barber-Westin, BS
Deaconess Hospital, 311 Straight Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219. E-mail address for S.D. Barber-Westin: westinsb{at}aol.com

Although none of the authors has received or will receive benefits for personal or professional use from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article, benefits have been or will be received, but are directed solely to a research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other nonprofit organization with which one or more of the authors is associated. Funds were received in total or partial support of the research or clinical study presented in this article. The funding source was the Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation.

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Background: A prospective study was done to determine the functional results, patient satisfaction, and graft failure rate after fifty-seven consecutive revision replacements of the anterior cruciate ligament with use of a bone-patellar tendon-bone autogenous graft.

Methods: Fifty-four patients (fifty-five operations) were followed in this study. Concurrent operative procedures were performed during the revision procedure in thirty-seven knees (67%). These procedures included repair of a meniscal tear in twenty knees (36%) and reconstruction of deficient posterolateral or medial ligament structures in seventeen knees (31%). Nine knees (16%) had a high tibial osteotomy to correct varus malalignment before the revision operation. The results were evaluated with the Cincinnati Knee Rating System.

Results: There were significant improvements in the scores for pain (p < 0.0001), activities of daily living (p < 0.01), sports participation (p < 0.001), patient satisfaction (p < 0.0001), and overall rating of the knee (p < 0.0001). Thirty-three (60%) of the replaced ligaments were functional, nine (16%) were partially functional, and thirteen (24%) had failed.

Conclusions: Many knees (93%) had compounding problems, including articular cartilage damage, prior meniscectomy, loss of secondary ligament restraints, varus malalignment, and concomitant ligament replacement or meniscal repair. Therefore, the results were generally less favorable than those following primary operations. The rate of graft failure was three times higher than our previously reported failure rate after primary replacements of the anterior cruciate ligament with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autogenous graft. Even so, symptoms and functional limitations with regard to daily and sports activities were found to have decreased and patient satisfaction improved. We advocate correction of varus malalignment prior to anterior cruciate procedures. Associated posterolateral ligament deficiencies should be surgically corrected during anterior cruciate procedures to prevent excessive loading on the graft from abnormal lateral tibiofemoral joint opening. Meniscal tears, including complex tears that extend into the avascular zone, can be concurrently repaired successfully during the revision.


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