Results of ACL reconstruction

摘要: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common among athletes, and although their true natural history remains unclear, these functionally disabling; they predispose the knee to subsequent early onset of osteoarthritis (OA) (1). The ultimate goal ACL reconstruction should be, primarily, have injured patients return previous leisure, sports, working and, secondarily, prevent secondary OA. is one most orthopaedic procedures performed in surgery today. Within United States, occurrence estimated 95,000 annually, with roughly 50,000 requiring (2,3). According Norwegian National Knee Ligament Registry (NKLR), which a prospective surveillance system for monitoring outcome surgery, total 2714 primary surgeries were by 57 diff erent hospitals Norway 2006. This corresponds an annual population incidence 34 per 100,000 citizens (85 main at-risk 16–39 year age group) (4).