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The Influence of Reverse-Thread Screw Femoral Fixation on Laxity Measurements After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Hamstring Tendon

Tim P. Musgrove, MBBS, FRACS, BAppSci (Phty), Lucy J. Salmon, BAppSci (Phty), Charles F. Burt, MD and Leo A. Pinczewski, MBBS, FRACS

Australian Institute of Musculo-Skeletal Research, Crows Nest, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Presented at the 25th annual meeting of the AOSSM, Traverse City, Michigan, June 1999.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Leo A. Pinczewski, MBBS, FRACS, 286 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, NSW 2065, Australia

In arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using hamstring tendon graft, the graft rotates slightly as the femoral screw is inserted. Its final position tends to be in the anterior half of the tunnel in right knees, resulting in clinical laxity. To perform identical procedures on left and right knees, a reverse-thread screw was designed for femoral fixation in right knees. We prospectively studied 80 patients undergoing right-knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendon autograft. Thirty-six patients underwent reconstruction with a standard screw and 44 underwent reconstruction with a reverse-thread screw. The same technique, performed by the same surgeon, was used on all patients. At 12 months’ follow-up, the average side-to-side differences on arthrometry testing were 2.00 mm for the standard screw group and 0.95 mm for the reverse-thread screw group using a manual maximum test, and 1.66 mm and 1.00 mm, respectively, using the 20-pound test. Both differences were statistically significant. Of the standard group, 23% had a manual maximum difference of 3 mm or more, compared with 8% of the reverse-thread group. A significant difference was found between these two groups for Lachman test (77% with grade 0 for the standard group compared with 92% for the reverse group) but pivot shift and Lysholm knee score were not significantly different. The use of a reverse-thread screw for femoral fixation in right-knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions in men significantly decreased laxity at 12 months after surgery compared with standard screw fixation.

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