Arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction versus open reconstruction

ABSTRACT

One hundred patients have been included in this study, 54 of them had an open ACL reconstruction [group I] and 46 had an arthroscopically assisted reconstruction [group II]. Postoperatively, the open group had a traditional way of rehabilitation with a short period of immobilization and slow return to activity. While, the arthroscopic group had an accelerated way of early knee mobilization. The final evaluation was performed at the latest follow up which was 25 months in group I and 37 months in group II. The functional evaluation was evaluated using the Lysholm score. Excellent and good results were not noted in 88.9% in group I and 93.5% in group II, fair in 7.4% in group I an 2.2% in group II, proper in 3.7% in group I and 4.3% in group II