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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXIX | Pages 14 - 14
1 Jul 2012
Bhattacharya R Akhtar M Keating J
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Purpose

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between generalised ligament laxity and requirement for revision ACL reconstruction.

Materials and methods

126 patients undergoing primary ACL reconstruction were included in the study along with 35 patients undergoing revision ACL surgery. 62 patients without any knee ligament injury formed an age and sex matched the control group.

The Beighton score was used to quantify the ligamentous laxity in all cases with a score more than 4 classified as having generalised ligamentous laxity. The revision ACL patients were evaluated to identify technical errors at the time of the primary procedure or subsequent traumatic injury that could have contributed to primary graft failure.