Establishing Clinically Significant Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatric Patients

Conclusion: Clinically meaningful outcomes including MCID and PASS were established for pediatric ACLR surgery using selected PRO measures, IKDC, and KOOS. Patient age, sex, graft type, and graft size were not associated with greater achievement of these outcomes. In contrast, collision sports, fixed-object high-impact rotational landing sports, and concomitant meniscectomy surgery were associated with a decreased likelihood of achieving clinically significant improvement. However, findings must be interpreted with caution due to limitations in follow-up and sample size. Level of Evidence: Level IV: case series.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Sports Medicine Source Type: research