Abstract
The results of an accelerated rehabilitation programme were collected retrospectively from 293 case notes between January 1995 and December 1998. Different grafts were used: bone patellar-tendon bone (BPTB) grafts, hamstrings grafts and allografts. The criteria used to evaluate the knees of these patients were based on patient satisfaction, clinical examination and Cybex evaluation. All 293 patients were followed up for six months or longer. Four to six months after the reconstruction procedure, 94.2% returned to sport activities.
Anterior knee pain seemed not to be a problem when using autogenous BPTB grafts. The rehabilitation programme should decrease the postoperative morbidity.
The abstracts were prepared by Professor M. B. E. Sweet. Correspondence should be addressed to him at PO Box 47363, Parklands, Johannesburg 2121, South Africa.
