ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION BY MINI-ARTHROTOMY

We present 50 consecutive patients with chronic anterior cruciate defi ciency treated by reconstruction of the ligament through a limited art hrotomy using the middle third of the patellar tendon as a graft. The patients were all men with a mean age of 26 years (range 17 to 36 year s) with an average follow lip of 24 months. There were good or excelle nt results as measured by the Lysholm score in 41, and in 27 with the ARPEGE score. Movements were full in 46 and retropatellar pain was exp erienced by 4.