Arthroscopic Reconstruction of Injured Anterior Cruciate Ligament Using Peroneus Longus Graft With Fixed Loop Endobutton - A Prospective Study.

Introduction: ACL injuries are more common amongst active young people where RTA and sports injuries predominate as the most common methods of injury ACL reconstruction with peroneus longus graft method have been used more frequently nowadays. The advantages of peroneus longus graft are, Adequate graft length of minimum of 25 to 30 cm. Adequate thickness of minimum 8.5 to 9mm,Less incidence of graft thinning, Lesser hamstring and quadriceps weakness, Minimal donor site morbidity. Minimal restriction of ankle movements.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study of 25 patients with injured anterior cruciate ligament without meniscal injury within the age group of 18-55 years managed with arthroscopic reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament with peroneus longus graft and fixed loop endobutton at femoral side and interference screw at tibial side. Functional outcome was assessed using clinical examination, International Knee Documentation committee and Lysholm knee scoring scale, FADI score (foot and ankle disability index score). Patients were followed up at 2, 4, 8, 12weeks and 6, 8 months post-operatively.

Results: This study consists of 25 cases of Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury. ACL rupture was common in second and third decade of life. In our study, 18(63.34%) were sports related injuries, 5(26.66%) were due to road traffic accidents and 2(10%) were atraumatic degenerations. 22(80%) showed excellent results and 3(20%) showed good results.

Conclusions: Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using peroneus longus graft and Fixed-loop Endobutton and interference screws provided excellent post-operative clinical outcome in terms of knee stability, subjective knee and ankle function and range of movements of the knee and ankle in our study.