Evaluation of Anterolateral Ligament Injuries and Concomitant Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of anterolateral ligament (ALL) injuries with a ruptured acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and to analyze the presence of concomitant bone contusions and meniscal lesions.

METHODS: From March 2015 to March 2017, we retrospectively analyzed 378 patients who underwent primary ACL reconstructions. Using magnetic resonance imaging, we evaluated the presence of ALL injury and concomitant lesions within 3 weeks of the injury. Meniscal tears were also identified on representative arthroscopic images.

RESULTS: Following the inclusion criteria, we included a total of 275 patients in this study. The mean duration from ACL rupture to magnetic resonance imaging examination was 5.0 ± 6.0 days. We visualized ALL in 98.2% of patients, of whom 64% had ALL injuries (10.9%, 4.7%, and 48.4% were complete ruptures, Segond fracture, and partial ruptures, respectively). We found that ALL injuries were most commonly found in the femoral location. The intra- and interobserver agreement on the severity of ALL injury (κ = 0.83 and 0.81, respectively) and the location of ALL injury (κ = 0.85 and 0.84, respectively) were excellent. The association between ALL injury and lateral meniscal lesions was significant (P = .03). In particular, the proportion of the lateral meniscal posterior horn radial tears was significantly larger in nonintact ALL than in intact ALL (P = .042). The correlation between the severity of ALL injury and the degree of bone contusion at lateral compartments was significant but weak (P < .001).

CONCLUSIONS: We found that more than half of acute ACL ruptures have ALL injuries. The presence of ALL injury was significantly associated with the presence of lateral meniscal lesions, especially lateral meniscal posterior horn radial tears, or lateral bone contusions. Interestingly, the severity of ALL injury significantly correlated with the degree of lateral bone contusions.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic cross-sectional study.

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CommentIn: Arthroscopy. 2018 Aug;34(8):2407-2409. - PMID 30077263

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2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

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Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association - 34(2018), 8 vom: 05. Aug., Seite 2398-2406

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Englisch

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Lee, Dhong Won [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Ji Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ji Nam [VerfasserIn]
Moon, Sung Gyu [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Na Ra [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Du Han [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jin Goo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 07.10.2019

Date Revised 07.10.2019

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CommentIn: Arthroscopy. 2018 Aug;34(8):2407-2409. - PMID 30077263

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10.1016/j.arthro.2018.02.048

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