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Survivability Of Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions In A Physically High Demand Population

Survivability Of Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions In A Physically High Demand Population

Ashley Bee Anderson, MD, UNITED STATES Travis Dekker, MD, UNITED STATES Veronika Pav, MS, UNITED STATES Timonthy C Mauntel, PhD, UNITED STATES Matthew T. Provencher, MD, UNITED STATES John M. Tokish, MD, UNITED STATES Jon F. Dickens, MD, UNITED STATES

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, MD, UNITED STATES


2021 Congress   Abstract Presentation   6 minutes   Not yet rated

 

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Summary: The overall clinical failure rate of service members with ACLR is nearly 18% with minimum 4- year follow-up, where more patients are likely to fail due to revision surgery than medical separation.


Background

Anterior cruciate ligament tears and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are common in young athletes. The modifiable and non-modifiable factors contributing to ACLR failure and reoperation are incompletely understood. The purpose of this study was to determine ACLR failure rates in a physically high-demand population and identify the patient specific risk factors that portend to failure.

Methods

A consecutive series of military service members with ACLR with and without concomitant procedures (meniscus [M] and/or cartilage [C]) done at military facilities between October 2008 to September 2011was completed via the Military Health System Data Repository. Patients had to be continuously enrolled with no history of knee surgeries for two years prior to the primary ACLR. ACLR failure was defined as revision ACLR or the inability to return to the minimum military physical standards (medical separation) within four years following the primary ACLR. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were estimated and evaluated with Wilcoxon test. Cox Proportional Hazard Models calculated hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) to identify demographic and surgical factors that influenced ACLR failure for the isolated ACLR (KA), ACLR Meniscus (KMA), ACLR Cartilage (KCA), ACLR Meniscus and Cartilage (KAMC).

Results

Of the 2,735 primary ACLRs included in the study, 17.7% experienced ACLR failure within four years, including 9.5% (261/2,735) undergoing revision ACLR and 8.2% (224/2,735) due to medical separation. The factors that increased failure include: Army Service (HR 2.188, 95% CI: 1.668, 2.870), >180 days from injury to ACLR (HR 1.550, 95% CI: 1.157, 2.076), tobacco use (HR 1.429 95% CI: 1.174, 1.738), and younger patient age (HR 0.977, 95% CI: 0.958, 0.996).

Conclusion

The overall clinical failure rate of service members with ACLR is 17.7% with minimum four year follow-up, where more patients are likely to fail due to revision surgery than medical separation. The cumulative probability of survival at for years was 78.5%. Smoking cessation and treating ACLR patients promptly are modifiable risk factors impacting either graft failure or medical separation.


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