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INTRODUCTION: @entity397 is a rare injury which, if missed, leads to delayed surgical treatment and may result in the loss of the knee joint function. The aim of this study was to report our results of operative treatment of the @entity397 and point out the significance of timely diagnosis and surgical procedure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective ten-year study included 20 @entity1 , 15 males and 5 females, their mean age being 42 (20-84) years. Seven @entity1 had an injury on the right side and 13 had an injury on the left side. Thirteen @entity1 had the diagnosis set in the first seven days after the injury. The applied techniques were surgical suture of the tendon, bone-tendon-bone ligamentoplasty using allograft from a bone bank and bone-tendon-bone ligamentoplasty using contralateral autograft, and they were performed in 12, 5 and 3 @entity1 , respectively. The treatment results were assessed by using the Lysholm score, measuring the range of movement in the knee joint and measuring the girth of the thigh 10 cm above the patella. RESULTS: The follow-up period after the surgery was 4 years on average (1-10 years) and the average value of the Lysholm score was 83 (27-100). The result was found to be excellent in 11 cases, satisfactory in 5 cases and unsatisfactory in 4. A statistically significant difference (p=0.0197 p<0.05) was found in the average values of the Lysholm score between the group of @entity1 with risk factors (71.78) and the subjects without risk factors (92.18). A statistically significant difference (p=0.008 p<0.01) was found in the Lysholm score between the @entity1 with timely diagnosis (91.62) and cases of chronic tendon tear (67). CONCLUSION: Timely diagnosis and early surgical reparation are the basic imperatives in the treatment of this injury. Comorbidity and risk factors are related to a poorer postoperative Lysholm score. The method of choice is early surgical treatment.
