Researchers examined 90 patients who received ACL reconstruction between 1993 and April 1994. At the 15-year follow-up, all patients had normal or nearly normal Lachman and instrumented testing and showed a 91 percent negative pivot-shift result.
Among the patients, 70 percent experienced pain when kneeling and 51 percent had radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis.
Read the abstract for the 15-year follow-up of ACL endoscopic reconstruction patients.
Read other coverage on sports medicine studies:
– Study: No Difference in Surgical, Nonsurgical Treatment for Achilles Tendon Rupture
– Study: Osteoarthritis Most Prevalent in Combined Injury ACL Replacements
