Intra-Articular Pathology Associated with Acute and Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Conclusions: Data from this prospective cohort suggest that with increasing time from ACL injury to ACL-R, medial meniscus pathology increases, with a lower likelihood of meniscal repair in all patients undergoing ACL-R. However, this finding is no longer statistically significant when considering only patients undergoing primary ACL-R. Age appears to play an important role in whether concomitant pathology develops following ACL rupture. Given these findings, early intervention may increase the ability to repair medial meniscus tears in the setting of ACL-R, but this conclusion is less supported in primary ACL-R.Level of Evidence: II. PMID: 31413683 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Iowa orthopaedic journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Iowa Orthop J Source Type: research