Management of the Failed First Revision ACL Reconstruction: Clinical Outcomes of Nonsurgical Management Versus Second Revision ACL Reconstruction From the SANTI Group.
Thomas FradinAdnan SaithnaIbrahim M HaidarJohnny RayesAbdo El HelouCedric NgbiloCharles PiogerThais Dutra VieiraGraeme Philip HopperBertrand Sonnery-CottetPublished in: The American journal of sports medicine (2022)
Both second RACLR and nonsurgical management of failed first RACLR were associated with high rates of return to sport. However, second RACLR was associated with significantly better functional outcome scores with respect to Tegner, Lysholm, KOOS Quality of Life, and KOOS Sport and Recreation scores compared to nonsurgical management. In addition, nonsurgical treatment was the only significant predictor of failure to achieve a good/excellent Lysholm score at the final follow-up, and this was likely a function of inferior knee stability in that group.