Similar Return-to-Sports After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With or Without Meniscal Repair in Skeletally Immature Patients: A Prospective, Comparative Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) in skeletally immature patients is still controversially debated, with several gaps in its literature. More information is needed about the role of concomitant meniscal injuries in postoperative outcomes and return to pre-injury sports level (RTS).

Methods

Fifty skeletally immature patients who underwent ACLR were enrolled prospectively: 21 had meniscal injury additionally, and 29 did not. Patients were assessed with Tegner, Lysholm, Pedi-IKDC, and subjective knee value (SKV) scores presurgery and 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively. The primary outcome was RTS at 24 months. Secondary outcomes were the 24-month clinical results and the mapping of prognostic factors to RTS in the meniscal injury group. Log

SUBMITTER: Lehoczky G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11980894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature