Smaller intercondylar notch size and smaller ACL volume increase posterior cruciate ligament rupture risk.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about risk factors for sustaining a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) rupture. Identifying risk factors is the first step in preventing a PCL rupture from occurring. The morphology of the knee in patients who ruptured their PCL may differ from that of control patients. The hypothesis was that the intercondylar notch dimensions, 3-D volumes of the intercondylar notch and, the 3-D volumes of both the ACL and the PCL were correlated to the presence of a PCL rupture.

Methods

The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 30 patients with a proven PCL rupture were compared to 30 matched control patients with proven intact ACL and PCL. Control patients were selected from patients with knee trauma during sports but without cruciate ligament injury. Patients h

SUBMITTER: van Kuijk KSR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9898422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature