Comparison of ACL Reconstruction With Stump Preservation and Stump Resection

November 18, 2025 updated by: Mahmoud Ahmed El-Desouky, Cairo University

Does Stump-Preserving Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Provide Better Functional Outcomes?

To assess the clinical outcome in patients who had ACL reconstruction with preservation of the remnant and compare it with patients in whom the stump was resected

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

100 patients are subjected to ACL reconstruction. Half of them had ACL reconstruction with Stump preservation and the other half had ACL reconstruction with stump resection.

The clinical outcome in both groups is assessed and compared

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt, 11562
        • Kasr Alainy, Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients with torn ACL within 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Old ACL injury Multi-ligamentous knee injuries Mal-alignments

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: ACL reconstruction with stump preservation
Procedure: ACL reconstruction
Use of hamstring tendons graft to replace the torn ACL and being passed and fixed through the femoral and tibial sides
Active Comparator: ACL reconstruction with stump resection
Procedure: ACL reconstruction
Use of hamstring tendons graft to replace the torn ACL and being passed and fixed through the femoral and tibial sides

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Lysholm score
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years
Knee stability
Time Frame: 2 years
KT-1000 Arthrometer
2 years
Knee proprioception
Time Frame: 2 years
Passive angle reproduction test
2 years
Tegner activity score
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years
IKDC score
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 3, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 5, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

May 6, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 20, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MD-09-2017

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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