S. Asahina et al., EVALUATION OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE RECONSTRU CTION REINFORCED BY THE KENNEDY LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION DEVICE - AN ARTHROSCOPIC AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY, International orthopaedics, 19(4), 1995, pp. 229-233
Fifty anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with the Kennedy liga
ment augmentation device were examined arthroscopically and histologic
ally 6 to 61 months after operation. The autogenous segments used were
the quadriceps tendon in 13 and the semitendinosus tendon, with or wi
thout gracilis, in 37. The arthroscopic findings were rated as good in
31, fair in 15 and poor in 4, and there was correlation between these
grades and KT-1000 measurements. The histological findings were grade
d as good in 17, fair in 26 and poor in 4; these did not correlate wit
h the arthroscopic grades but with the time interval after reconstruct
ion. Maturation of the autogenous augmented segment was found to progr
ess with time, but took more than 3 years to become complete.