Current practice variations in the management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in Croatia

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Alan Mahnik
• Author: Silvija Mahnik
• Author: Damjan Dimnjaković
• Author: Stjepan Ćurić
• Author: Tomislav Smoljanović
• Author: Ivan Bojanić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences

Abstract (english)

AIM:

To investigate current preferences and opinions on the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in Croatia. ----- METHODS:

The survey was conducted using a questionnaire which was sent by e-mail to all 189 members of the Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association. Only respondents who had performed at least one ACL reconstruction during 2011 were asked to fill out the questionnaire. ----- RESULTS:

Thirty nine surgeons responded to the survey. Nearly all participants (95%) used semitendinosus/gracilis tendon autograft for reconstruction and only 5% used bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. No other graft type had been used. The accessory anteromedial portal was preferred over the transtibial approach (67% vs 33%). Suspensory fixation was the most common graft fixation method (62%) for the femoral side, followed by the cross-pin (33%) and bioabsorbable interference screw (5%). Almost all respondents (97%) used a bioabsorbable interference screw for tibial side graft fixation. ----- CONCLUSION:

The results show that ACL reconstruction surgery in Croatia is in step with the recommendations from latest world literature.

• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: World Journal of Orthopedics
• Numbering: vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 309-315
• p-ISSN: 2218-5836
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.309
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:892478
• Publication: 2013-10-18
• Document URL: https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.309
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-03-28 08:29:04