DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2024.v12i11.018

Pages: 1544-1549

Introduction: Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most important intra-articular ligaments of the knee joint. It is considered the primary restraint to anterior translation of the tibia on the femur. Nowadays the use of quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft has been steadily increasing for ACL reconstruction. Therefore, this study has been designed to assess the functional recovery and analyze the surgical complications following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction with quadriceps tendon. Methods: This was a prospective interventional study conducted in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from March 2020 to August 2022. In our study, we included 30 patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries who attended the orthopaedic department within the study period. Result: The mean ± SD age was 29.73 ± 7.00 years, with the majority (50%) in the 26-35 age group. This study found that 27 (90%) patients were male and 3 (10%) were female. Both Lysholm score and Tegner activity level score significantly increased after 9 months of operation. The postoperative mean VAS score was also significantly (p=0.001) decreased at 9 months after surgery. The majority (80%) of the patients had no complaints, while 16.7% had effusion and 3.3% had an infection. Conclusion: Our study found that the majority of the patients had no complications. After analyzing the results of the present study, we can say that arthroscopic isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with quadriceps tendon showed satisfactory functional outcomes for the treatment of ACL injury.