Jc. Pritchard et al., LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTIONS USING FREEZE-DRIED FASCIA LATA ALLOGRAFTS, American journal of sports medicine, 23(5), 1995, pp. 593-596
We identified 79 patients who underwent arthroscopically assisted intr
aarticular anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with freeze-dried
fascia lata allografts and an additional lateral extraarticular recon
struction. We were able to contact 62 patients (79%) for follow-up eva
luation at an average of 134.5 months. Forty patients (51%) returned f
or objective evaluation. Lysholm scores at followup averaged 92.3 and
Tegner activity scores averaged 5.1. Only four (6%) of the 62 patients
contacted reported episodes of full giving way. Thirty (75%) of the 4
0 patients examined demonstrated 3 mm or less side-to-side difference
on KT-1000 arthrometer manual maximum evaluation. Forty-eight (77%) of
the 62 patients were participating in sporting activities at final fo
llowup. No patient had evidence of graft rejection.