Primary Repair Combined with Bone Marrow Stimulation in Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Lesions

Abstract

In this athletic population, anterior cruciate ligament primary repair in acute incomplete lesion combined with bone marrow stimulation effectively restored knee stability and function.

Acute Proximal Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears: Outcomes After Arthroscopic Suture Anchor Repair Versus Anatomic Single-Bundle Reconstruction

“…1,2 The standard ACL reconstruction procedures can restore knee stability but are associated with comorbidities. 3 Primary ACL repair might have the theoretical advantage of being a less invasive procedure, even if it preserves the typical complications of ACL reconstruction procedures. What long-term results of primary ACL repair are available are mainly based on patient cohorts treated with open ACL repair techniques.…”

Orthopaedic Research in Italy: State of the Art

“…Recently ACL repair was combined with bone marrow stimulation. In a prospective case series of athletes with incomplete ACL proximal tears, after 25 months ACL primary repair combined with bone marrow stimulation effectively restored knee stability and function (161).…”

Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair in Athletes with Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Platelet-Rich Plasma

“…The scaffold must be strong enough to withstand mechanical stress, yet it must degrade over time and yield to the progress of native tissue ingrowth. Moreover, the scaffold structure will influence the transport of nutrients, metabolites, and regulatory molecules to and from the cells seeded within the scaffold (Gobbi et al 2009) (Fig. 6).…”