Characteristics of Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Patients at Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung

BACKGROUND: ACL injury is the most common injury in sports knee injuries. An ACL injury can be a stretch to the ligament or it can be completely torn. The ACL ligament is one of the main ligaments in the knee region. Discussions about ligaments in the knee joint are still rarely heard, especially in Indonesia. So there is little knowledge for the community. The discussion of literature originating from Indonesia is still small and makes it difficult for the public to obtain information related to this ligament rupture. Cases in Indonesia are quite numerous and varied, so a better understanding of ACL rupture injuries is needed. In the last 5 years, 187 cases were found at Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, with a variety of cases and different treatments, especially using the arthroscopy method. METHODS: This study was conducted to determine the characteristics of ACL injured patients at Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung Period January 2017 to December 2021. The inclusion criteria in this study were all patients with ACL injuries from January 2017 to December 2021 with complete medical record data. RESULTS: The results of this study showed that the age range of ACL patients was 14-64 years, with an average age of 24.5 years. male to female is 4.67:1. There were 10 patients who were athletes. The type of ACL injury was partial, there were 39 patients and the total was 148 patients. Other comorbidities Hoffa syndrome 18 patients. Plica syndrome 30 patients. Joint flexibility 19 people, who do not have joint flexibility 168 patients. Management of patients with remnant resurface as many as 163 patients and 23 patients who underwent augmentation. Other problems after ACL surgery were 18 patients underwent menisectomy and 6 patients underwent meniscus repair CONCLUSION: From the results of this study, the characteristics of patients with ACL rupture were found to be on average at the age of 24.5 years, male gender, college students. 10 professional athletes suffered ACL ruptures. More patients suffered total rupture than partial. Treatment for ACL patients is more often with remnant surfaces. After ACL treatment, complications such as menisectomy could occur as many as 38 patients and 16 patients underwent meniscus repair