Ultrabraid SUTURE WITH FOOTPRINT RIVET FOR ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT TIBIAL EMINENCE AVULSION FRACTURE IN ADOLESCENTS UNDER ARTHROSCOPY

• Published in: Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi Vol. 29; no. 6; p. 721
• Main Authors: Liang, Jinying, Zheng, Jiapeng, Ll, Qiang, Zhong, Shuyu, Chen, Minzhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01-06-2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anterior Cruciate Ligament - surgery; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; Arthroscopy - methods; Child; Female; Humans; Knee Joint - physiopathology; Knee Joint - surgery; Male; Operative Time; Sprains and Strains; Suture Techniques - instrumentation; Sutures; Tibia; Tibial Fractures - surgery; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 1002-1892

To investigate the clinical effects of the Ultrabraid suture with FOOTPRINT rivet by arthroscopic technique for the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tibial eminence avulsion fracture.
Between May 2011 and December 2013, 19 adolescent patients with ACL tibial eminence avulsion fracture were treated with arthroscopic reduction and fixation by Ultrabraid sutures with FOOTPRINT rivet. There were 13 males and 6 females with an average age of 15.8 years (range, 8-18 years). The left knees were involved in 10 cases and the right knees in 9 cases. The injury causes included traffic accident injury in 8 cases, sport injury in 6 cases, and sprain injury in 5 cases. Three patients had old fractures, and the others had fresh fractures. The results of Lachman test and anterior drawer test were both positive. The International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) subject score was 54.2 ± 4.0. Based on Meyers-McKeever classification, there were 3 cases of type II, 10 cases of type III, and 6 cases of type IV.
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