DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i09.004

Pages: 2936-2943

ACL injury is one of the major causes of morbidity and disability in young adult people. It prohibits them from active participation of strenuous activities and compels them to modify their jobs. Conservative treatment failed to show desired expectations; rather it invites early complications of knee joint like osteoarthritis. Reconstruction of ACL by BPT gained popularity but donor site morbidity, anterior knee pain and stiffness are major drawback. For this reason hamstring graft can be a good alternative. Though it can be done arthroscopically but initial setup is highly expensive and technically demanding which cannot be provided everywhere in our country. In this context we are doing ACL reconstruction by mini-Arthrotomy using quadruple hamstring graft at NITOR for last few years. But we did not have any study regarding this technique. So, the purpose of my study is to evaluate the outcome after reconstruction of ACL injury by quadruple hamstring graft. A statistical survey was carried out at NITOR, Dhaka between July 2006 and June 2008 in the patients admitted with anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency. Effort has been made in this work to extract certain relevant facts in connection with ACL insufficiency and the mode of their management and finally to evaluate the outcome of reconstruction of ACL injury by quadruple hamstring graft using mini arthrotomy with the hope that it will impart us a better understanding of further treatment of iris particular trauma in our country. This clinical study is the results of ACL injury reconstructed by quadruple semitendinosus graft on patients over a period of two years from July 2006 to June 2008 at National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) Dhaka.