Return to Sports after ACL Reconstruction with Resection or Remnant-Preserving Technique

Ruben Marcelo Maldonado Diaz, Fernando Cury Rezende, Antonio Carlos Moscon, Carlos Eduardo da Silveira Franciozi, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Aires Duarte, Ruben Marcelo Maldonado Diaz, Fernando Cury Rezende, Antonio Carlos Moscon, Carlos Eduardo da Silveira Franciozi, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Aires Duarte

Abstract

Objectives To analyze the results of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with remnant-preserving versus remnant-resecting technique, concerning the return to pre-lesion activity level. Methods The present retrospective cohort study has assessed adults > 18 years old who underwent ACL anatomical reconstruction between 2010 and 2014. The main outcomes assessed were: level of physical activity (4-point scale), sports participation rate, ACL rerupture defined as documented lesion requiring revision surgery and the numeric pain scale rate (NPSR). Results A total of 83 individuals were included in the study, with a mean age of 31.8 years old and follow-up mean time of 4.2 years after the surgery. A total of 34 patients underwent ACL reconstruction with remnant-preserving technique, and 49 without remnant preservation. No statistically significant difference was found between groups in all outcomes assessed: level of physical activity before the lesion and after the surgery, ACL rerupture rates and postoperative pain level. Subgroup analysis has shown a statistically significant decrease in the activity level in both groups. The most practiced sport was football; 72% of patients in the remnant group have resumed football activity versus 52.6% of the control group. Conclusion Based in these findings, the comparison between ACL reconstruction with remnant preserving technique and remnant resecting technique has shown no differences concerning the return to prelesion activity level.

Keywords: anterior cruciate ligament; anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; return to sport; rupture.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflito de Interesses Os autores declaram não haver conflito de interesses.

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(A) Selective anterior cruciate ligament posterolateral (PL) band reconstruction. (B) Selective anterior cruciate ligament anteromedial (AM) band reconstruction. CFL: lateral femoral condyle.
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(A) Reconstrução seletiva da banda posterolateral (PL) do ligamento cruzado anterior. (B) Reconstrução seletiva da banda anteromedial (AM) do ligamento cruzado anterior. CFL: côndilo femural lateral.

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