Incidence of Total Knee Replacement in Patients With Previous Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Objective: To determine the rate of total knee replacement (TKR) after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R) compared to the general population. Design: Retrospective review. Setting: All hospitals that performed TKR and ACL-R in Manitoba between 1980 and 2015. Participant: All patients that underwent TKR and ACL-R in Manitoba between 1980 and 2015. Intervention: Patient factors gathered at time of surgery included: age, sex, urban or rural residence, neighborhood income quintile, and resource utilization band (RUB). Each person was matched with up to 5 people from the general population who had never had ACL-R and had not had a TKR at the time of the case ACL-R. Main Outcome Measures: The rate of TKR after ACL-R. Results: Overall from 1980 to 2015, 8500 ACL-R were identified within the 16 to 60 years age group with a resultant 42 497 population matches. Sex was predominantly male. The mean age of the ACL-R group at the time of TKR was 53.7 years, whereas the mean age for the matched cohort was 58.2 years, P
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Original Research Source Type: research