An older age, a longer duration between injury and surgery, and positive pivot shift test results increase the prevalence of articular cartilage injury during ACL reconstruction in all three compartments of the knee in patients with ACL injuries

ConclusionAn older age, a longer duration between injury and surgery, and a positive pivot shift test result were positively associated with the prevalence of cartilage injury in three compartments in patients with ACL injuries. Early ACL reconstruction is recommended to prevent cartilage injury.Level of EvidenceLevel III.

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Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - February 4, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research