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Follow-up study of Gore-Tex artificial ligament--special emphasis on tunnel osteolysis
1Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Art & Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902 Japan. fuku@idaten.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
The Gore-Tex anterior cruciate ligament has been implanted in 123 patients at our institutions between 1984 and 1993. The Gore-Tex ligaments were totally ruptured in 26 cases. In the remaining 97 cases, 80 were followed up 5-11 years after operation. Graft loosening occurred in half of the cases, and osteoarthritic change was developed in 62% of the cases. Moreover, tibial and tunnel osteolysis was observed in most of the cases. Judging from these follow-up results, the Gore-Tex ligament should not be used for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.