Chronic ACL-injured patients show increased medial and global anterior tibial subluxation measured on 1-year postoperative MR images after primary single-bundle ACL reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and inferior postoperative outcomes following ACL reconstruction (ACLR) has been highlighted in the literature. However, the inclusion of postoperative radiological assessments in previous studies has been limited. The aim of this study is to investigate whether chronic ACL injury is associated with an inferior tibiofemoral position measured on magnetic resonance (MR) images after primary ACLR.

Methods

A total of 62 patients that underwent primary ACLR were included in this study based on the time from injury to surgery, namely the acute ACL-injured group (within 6 weeks) and the chronic ACL-injured group (more than 1 year) and were matched 1:1 according to sex, age (± 2 years), and time from

SUBMITTER: Zhang ZY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401777 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature