Online ISSN: 2515-8260

A STUDY ON ANTERIOR CIRCULATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION USING BONE GRAFT WITH MINI ARTHOTOMY TECHNIQUE

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Anvesh Gattu1 , Biju Raveendran2 , Yeddula Yoga Abhinai Reddy3

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Background: Lacerations of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ligament in the knee is the supreme cause of ineptitude in sports like athletics, football, volleyball, rugby etc. owing to various multidirectional strain full movements. Bulk of patients electing for surgery to revamp and easy return back to their routine. Despite of their complications like graft rupture, residual laxity, and donor-site morbidity, conventional methods of ACL reconstruction is the gold standard procedure. There is therefore a requirement for further research into newer, innovative surgical techniques which can decrease complication rates. The goals of the ACL reconstruction are to restore stability to the knee; easy return back to regular activities and to delay the onset of osteoarthritis with associated recurrent injuries to the articular cartilage and loss of meniscal functions. This study is to compare the results of ACL Reconstruction using Bone-Patellar-Bone by means of Miniarthrotomy technique.

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