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Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications
The knee is one of the most frequently affected joints in sports trauma, and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and meniscal tears are the most common lesions. ACL reconstruction (ACLR) remains the treatment of choice for patients willing to return to their previous activity. There are differen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9693137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36431181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11226704 |
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author | Moretti, Lorenzo Bizzoca, Davide Cassano, Giuseppe Danilo Caringella, Nuccio Delmedico, Michelangelo Moretti, Biagio |
author_facet | Moretti, Lorenzo Bizzoca, Davide Cassano, Giuseppe Danilo Caringella, Nuccio Delmedico, Michelangelo Moretti, Biagio |
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description | The knee is one of the most frequently affected joints in sports trauma, and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and meniscal tears are the most common lesions. ACL reconstruction (ACLR) remains the treatment of choice for patients willing to return to their previous activity. There are different surgical techniques and different possible usable grafts. The graft used for ACLR surgery undergoes a bone incorporation process and an intra-articular remodelling named ligamentization until it reaches characteristics similar to the native ligament. After the first incorporation stage, the remodelling process is divided into an early stage that could last 4 weeks, a proliferative stage that lasts 4 to 12 weeks, and a final stage of ligamentization that could last over 1 year. The period of return to sport (RTS) after ACLR, which is becoming shorter and shorter, can be a high-risk period for athletes due to the risk of graft failure. This systematic review aims to define the phases of the ligamentization process considering graft type and fixation techniques, as well as the graft’s anatomopathological and biomechanical characteristics, to evaluate a criterion-based rehab progression and maximize patient outcomes for an RTS respecting graft biology. The rehabilitative program has to promote and optimize the graft remodelling and incorporation processes; moreover, it has to accommodate physiological graft healing and avoid overloading. An early RTS and noncompliance with the biological characteristics of the graft in the various phases are associated with a high incidence of re-injury. |
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spelling | pubmed-96931372022-11-26 Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications Moretti, Lorenzo Bizzoca, Davide Cassano, Giuseppe Danilo Caringella, Nuccio Delmedico, Michelangelo Moretti, Biagio J Clin Med Review The knee is one of the most frequently affected joints in sports trauma, and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and meniscal tears are the most common lesions. ACL reconstruction (ACLR) remains the treatment of choice for patients willing to return to their previous activity. There are different surgical techniques and different possible usable grafts. The graft used for ACLR surgery undergoes a bone incorporation process and an intra-articular remodelling named ligamentization until it reaches characteristics similar to the native ligament. After the first incorporation stage, the remodelling process is divided into an early stage that could last 4 weeks, a proliferative stage that lasts 4 to 12 weeks, and a final stage of ligamentization that could last over 1 year. The period of return to sport (RTS) after ACLR, which is becoming shorter and shorter, can be a high-risk period for athletes due to the risk of graft failure. This systematic review aims to define the phases of the ligamentization process considering graft type and fixation techniques, as well as the graft’s anatomopathological and biomechanical characteristics, to evaluate a criterion-based rehab progression and maximize patient outcomes for an RTS respecting graft biology. The rehabilitative program has to promote and optimize the graft remodelling and incorporation processes; moreover, it has to accommodate physiological graft healing and avoid overloading. An early RTS and noncompliance with the biological characteristics of the graft in the various phases are associated with a high incidence of re-injury. MDPI 2022-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9693137/ /pubmed/36431181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11226704 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Moretti, Lorenzo Bizzoca, Davide Cassano, Giuseppe Danilo Caringella, Nuccio Delmedico, Michelangelo Moretti, Biagio Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications |
title | Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications |
title_full | Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications |
title_fullStr | Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications |
title_full_unstemmed | Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications |
title_short | Graft Intra-Articular Remodeling and Bone Incorporation in ACL Reconstruction: The State of the Art and Clinical Implications |
title_sort | graft intra-articular remodeling and bone incorporation in acl reconstruction: the state of the art and clinical implications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9693137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36431181 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11226704 |
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