Narendra Avalapati 1 , Madhusudhana A 2 , Sailesh 3 , Rajesh 4 , Ravi Prakash 5
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Incidence of ACL injuries are increasing due to motor sports and recreational activities involving high physical activity. Ligament injury accounts for nearly 40% of all knee injury problems and isolated anterior cruciate ligament injury constitutes nearly 50% of all knee ligament injuries. METHODS: 27 patients with ACL injuries were selected who were admitted in the S.V.R.R.G.G. Hospital, Tirupati between November 2013 and august 2015. Patients were treated with arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using single bundle quadriple semitendinosus and gracilis tendon graft and followed up till functional recovery and assessed clinically. RESULTS: The study comprises of 25 male and 2 female patients aged from 15 to 50 years with mean age of 33 years. The follow up ranged from 6 to 14 months and results assessed using the Lysholm knee scoring system. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSION: arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using single bundle quadriple semitendinosus and gracilis tendon graft has good results.
