Abstract
Cruciate ligament injuries are rarely found in children with open growth plates. Nevertheless, if the injury is left untreated it is liable to injure the meniscoid and the cartilage severely and may even lead to a loosening of the tertiary stabilizers. That is why we have operated 8 patients in our clinic in the time between the 1. 1. 1998 and the 31. 12. 2000. As a replacement for the anterior cruciate ligament we used hamstring ligaments and fixated them by using the Trans-Fix®-Technique. Up till now, none of the patients showed any signs of ill-functioning growth plates. Though it may be necessary to point out that the patients had not fully grown out by the time the subsequent checkups were held. The knees we revised were all stable and after relating our results to the IKDC-Score we found that our treatment reflected a good to very good result (Groups A and B). The result of our prospective study encourage us to recommend the surrogate of the anterior cruciate ligament by using the Trans-Fix®-Technique in cases where the growth plates are still open.
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