Evaluation of Anterior Tibial Translation Under Physiological Axial Load After ACL Reconstruction with Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis

Evaluation of Anterior Tibial Translation Under Physiological Axial Load After ACL Reconstruction with Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis

Tomas Pineda, MD, CHILE Nicolas Cance, MD, FRANCE Michael J. Dan, Mbbs, PhD, MSc(res), FRACS(oath), AUSTRALIA Guillaume Demey, MD, FRANCE David H. Dejour, MD, FRANCE

Lyon Ortho Clinic - Clinique de la Sauvegarde, Lyon, Rhône Alpes, FRANCE


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Anatomic Location

Anatomic Structure

Diagnosis / Condition

Ligaments

ACL


Summary: LET procedure for patients undergoing ACLR did not reduce SATT


Background

Postoperative laxity correlates with negative clinical outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The influence of lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) on anteroposterior translation is unclear.
Purpose/Hypothesis: This study aimed to evaluate the reduction in radiographic static anterior tibial translation (SATT) and dynamic anterior tibial translation (DATT) after LET as an adjunctive procedure to ACLR. It was hypothesized that adding a LET procedure would have no effect on postoperative SATT and DATT.
Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

Patients who underwent primary ACLR with hamstring tendon autografts between 2020 and 2022 were reviewed, and those who underwent ACLR and LET as an anterolateral associate procedure were paired 1 to 1 with those who underwent iso- lated ACLR (control) based on age, sex, preoperative SATT, and posterior tibial slope (PTS). The indications for LET were age \18 years and anterolateral rotary instability (grade 2 pivot shift). A previously validated technique was used to measure SATT, DATT, and PTS on lateral weightbearing and lateral stress knee radiographs. Preoperative and 9-month postoperative radio- graphs were compared between the 2 groups.

Results

A total of 72 patients were included in the analysis (n = 36 patients in each group). The inter- and intraobserver reliability of the SATT, DATT, and PTS measurements was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficients, 0.88-0.99). The mean pre- and post- operative SATT in the ACLR 1 LET group was 2.44 6 2.90 mm and 2.44 6 2.38 mm, respectively, compared with 2.60 6 2.99 mm and 2.12 6 2.74 mm, respectively, in the control group. The mean pre- and postoperative reduction in side-to-side DATT in the ACLR+LET group was 5.44 6 4.65 mm and 1.13 6 2.95 mm, respectively, compared with 5.03 6 3.66 mm and 2 6 3.12 mm, respectively, in the control group. There was no pre- to postoperative difference in SATT (P = .51). However, the side-to-side DATT was reduced by 3.66 6 3.37 mm postoperatively (P \ .001), without significant differences between groups (P = .24).

Conclusion

Including a LET procedure for patients undergoing ACLR did not reduce SATT; that is, it did not decrease the amount of tibial translation due to physiological axial load.