[Acute repair and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament]

28 patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury were reported in this article. Of them, 7 were isolated ACL injury, 21 were complicated with other ligaments injury or tear of meniscus: 5 were posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury, 8 were medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury, 1 was LCL injury and 1 was tear of lateral meniscus, 6 were MCL injury and tear of medial meniscus. Among these 28 cases with ACL, 23 patients were repaired and were followed-up for an average of 26 months. The result revealed that excellent and good result was 87%. In 5 cases of acute reconstruction, 4 were excellent and 1 was good. In addition, points of diagnosis, operation indication and operative methods are discussed.