2011 - Outcome of surgical treatment of arthrofibrosis following ligament reconstruction

These authors report retrospectively on 27 of the 31 patients who developed arthrofibrosis in their unit from 2003 to 2007 after knee ligament reconstruction. The patients had been managed with forced manipulation or arthroscopic lysis of adhesions followed by intense physiotherapy. Of the 27 patients followed in the study, 14 had manipulation alone, and the other 13 had manipulation and arthroscopic lysis. They were followed up for a median of 51 months (range 19 to 73 months), and the lysis surgery was perfomed on average 4 months after the initial ligament procedure (range 1-32 months).