HE Renjie , NING Ziwen , GU Ziming , SHI Zhengliang , XIANG Yaoyu , WANG Guoliang , LI Yanlin , HE Chuan
  • Department of Sports Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, 650032, P. R. China;
HE Chuan, Email: hczraul@sina.com
Knee joint; anterior cruciate ligament; apex of deep cartilage; personalized femoral locator
10.7507/1002-1892.202303012
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Objective  To investigate the effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction assisted by personalized femoral locator based on the apex of deep cartilage (ADC) combined with patient imaging data. Methods  Between January 2021 and January 2022, a total of 40 patients with primary ACL rupture were selected and randomly divided into study group (ACL reconstruction assisted by personalized femoral locator based on ADC) and control group (ACL reconstruction assisted by intraoperative fluoroscopy and traditional femoral locator), with 20 cases in each group. There was no significant difference in gender, age, body mass index, affected side, cause of injury, and preoperative International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score, Lyshlom score, and Tegner score between the two groups (P>0.05). IKDC score, Lyshlom score, and Tegner score were used to evaluate the functional recovery of the affected knee before operation and at 3, 6, and 12 months after operation. CT scan and three-dimensional reconstruction were performed before and after operation to measure the horizontal distance from ADC to the anterior cartilage margin (L) and the horizontal distance from ADC to the center of the femoral canal (I), and the anteroposterior position of the bone canal (R) was calculated by I/L; the distance from the center to the distal cartilage margin (D) was measured on the two-dimensional cross section; the R value and D value were compared between the two groups. Results  The operation time of the study group was significantly less than that of the control group [MD=−6.90 (−8.78, −5.03), P<0.001]. The incisions of the two groups healed by first intention, and no complication such as intra-articular infection, nerve injury, and deep vein thrombosis of lower limbs occurred. There was no significant difference in the R value and D value between the preoperative simulated positioning and the actual intraoperative positioning in the study group [MD=0.52 (−2.85, 3.88), P=0.758; MD=0.36 (−0.39, 1.11), P=0.351]. There was no significant difference in the actual intraoperative positioning R value and D value between the study group and the control group [MD=1.01 (−2.57, 4.58), P=0.573; MD=0.24 (−0.34, 0.82), P=0.411]. The patients in both groups were followed up 12-13 months (mean, 12.4 months). The IKDC score, Lysholm score, and Tegner score of the two groups increased gradually with time, and there were significant differences between pre- and post-operation (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the scores between the two groups at each time point after operation (P>0.05). Conclusion  The personalized femoral locator based on ADC can accurately assist the femoral tunnel positioning in ACL reconstruction, which can shorten the operation time when compared with traditional surgical methods, and achieve satisfactory early effectiveness.

Citation： HE Renjie, NING Ziwen, GU Ziming, SHI Zhengliang, XIANG Yaoyu, WANG Guoliang, LI Yanlin, HE Chuan. Effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with personalized femoral locator based on apex of deep cartilage. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2023, 37(7): 833-838. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.202303012 Copy

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