TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nau, Thomas
A1  - Teuschl, Andreas
A1  - Ebner, Anna
A1  - Jung, Ilse
A1  - Schenk, Christian
T1  - Low revision rate and excellent outcome of primary ACL repair with a minimum follow-up of 5 years.
JF  - Muscle, ligaments and tendons Journal
N2  - Introduction: Due to limitations of ACL reconstruction, primary ACL repair has recently regained research interest. Although abandoned in the past, primary repair with conservation of the original ligament demonstrates considerable advantages compared to reconstruction.
We hypothesized that early repair, strictly limited to patients with a proximal ACL rupture and excellent tissue quality of the remaining ACL stump, would lead to equal revision rates and subjective outcomes as reported for ACL reconstruction after a minimum of 5 years.
Methods: In this questionnaire study, patients who had a primary ACL repair between 2002 and 2009 were invited to participate. Besides any potential revision surgery, the Tegner activity scale and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score were included in the evaluation.
Results: Out of 1912 patients who had ACL related surgery during the observation period, 221 (11.4%) had a primary ACL repair. 60 patients (61 knees) were available for follow-up. In 2/61 (3.3%) cases ACL revision surgery was performed and one patient had meniscus surgery of the affected side. The median Tegner activity scale was 6 (range, 3 to 10). The mean KOOS subscores were 88.8% (Function/Sports), 86.6% (Quality of life), 94.6 (Symptoms), 94.0 (Pain) and 97.0 (Activities of Daily Living).
Conclusion: Primary ACL repair, strictly limited to proximal ruptures with good tissue quality leads to revision rates and subjective outcome comparable to ACL reconstruction. Level of evidence: IV.
KW  - Regeneration
Y1  - 
SP  - 185
EP  - 190
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ebner, Andreas
A1  - Kienberger, Ferry
A1  - Huber-Gries, Carina
A1  - Kamruzzahan, A.S.M.
A1  - Pastushenko, Vassili
A1  - Tang, Jilin
A1  - Kada, Gerald
A1  - Gruber, Hermann
A1  - Sleytr, Uwe
A1  - Sára, Margit
A1  - Hinterdorfer, Peter
T1  - Atomic-force-microscopy imaging and molecular-recognition-force microscopy of recrystallized heterotetramers comprising an S-layer-streptavidin fusion protein
JF  - ChemBioChem
KW  - Microscopy
Y1  - 2018
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SP  - 588
EP  - 591
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tang, Jilin
A1  - Ebner, Andreas
A1  - Ilk, Nicola
A1  - Lichtblau, Helga
A1  - Huber-Gries, Carina
A1  - Zhu, Rong
A1  - Pum, Dietmar
A1  - Leitner, Michael
A1  - Pastushenko, Vassili Filippovich
A1  - Gruber, Hermann
A1  - Sleytr, Uwe B.
A1  - Hinterdorfer, Peter
T1  - High-affinity tags fused to s-layer proteins probed by atomic force microscopy
JF  - Langmuir
KW  - Proteins
Y1  - 2019
IS  - 24(4)
SP  - 1324
EP  - 1329
ER  -