PMID- 15645213
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051129
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0942-2056 (Print)
IS  - 0942-2056 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
DP  - 2005 Jul
TI  - Proteoglycan fragments in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed knees: a 
      comparative study of two different surgical techniques.
PG  - 385-92
AB  - Proteoglycan fragments (PF) as chondroitin sulphate were monitored and compared 
      in two groups of patients who had anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with 
      either patellar tendon (PT) or quadruple semitendinosus tendon (ST) autografts. 
      There were 20 ST and 21 PT reconstructions. No difference existed between the 
      groups in terms of associated lesion and time from injury to surgery. Synovial 
      sample was collected at 6 weeks, 3 months and 18 months after the operation. No 
      difference was noted between the groups at 18 months in terms of activity level 
      and functional scores. Both groups demonstrated a sudden increase of PF at 6 
      weeks with respect to preoperative quantities (p<0.0001). A significant decrease 
      occurred in the PT group at 3 months (p<0.008). Even at 18 months, it was 
      significantly below the preoperative values (p<0.004). However, the decrease in 
      ST cases relative to 6 weeks was insignificant at 3 months and quantities did not 
      drop below the preoperative levels at 18 month (p=0.79). These results confirm 
      again a gradual decrease of PF values in PT-reconstructed knees depending on time 
      and surgery. Reconstruction with quadruple ST does not seem to have the same 
      effect until 18 months postoperatively. Achievement of almost the same level of 
      activity and function in both groups does not necessarily reflect the molecular 
      status.
FAU - Taskiran, Emin
AU  - Taskiran E
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, 
      35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. Taskiran@med.ege.edu.tr
FAU - Taskiran, Dilek
AU  - Taskiran D
FAU - Lok, Veli
AU  - Lok V
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Controlled Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20050111
PL  - Germany
TA  - Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
JT  - Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
JID - 9314730
RN  - 0 (Proteoglycans)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anterior Cruciate Ligament/*metabolism/*surgery
MH  - Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Knee Injuries/*surgery
MH  - Male
MH  - Orthopedic Procedures/*methods
MH  - Proteoglycans/*metabolism
MH  - Recovery of Function
MH  - Tibial Meniscus Injuries
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2005/01/13 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/01/13 09:00
PHST- 2003/05/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/08/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/01/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/01/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00167-004-0578-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2005 Jul;13(5):385-92. doi: 
      10.1007/s00167-004-0578-5. Epub 2005 Jan 11.