| ArthroscopicACLReconstruction:Resultsof8to10YearsFollow-upBetween1998and2000,140consecutivepatientswithprimarydiagnosisofanteriorcruciatedeficiencyunderwentarthroscopicallyassistedanteriorcruciateligament(ACL)reconstructionusingautogenousquadrupledhamstringtendons.Thegraftfixationusedtheendobuttononthefemoralsiteandscrewandwasheronthetibialsite.The5-8yearfollow-up(mean6.7)forclinicalinstabilityandlaxityincluded90people(65males,25females,meanage22.7years,range18-29).ClinicalassessmentwasperformedusingthemodifiedLysholmscoringscaleandtheInternationalKneeDocumentationCommittee(IKDC)ratingsystem.TheclinicalresultsfortheLysholmratingsystemwere91%goodtoexcellent,whilefortheIKDCratingsystemtheywere85%goodtoexcellent.TheresultsoftheLachmanandpivotshifttestsbetweenpre-andpost-operativewerestatisticallysignificant(P |