ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2013
An isolated rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament results in reduced preoperative knee function in comparison with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
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- Platelet Rich-Plasma in MRI-Confirmed Tear of Posterior Cruciate Ligament: 4-Year Follow-up Case Report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2025Article
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- Anatomic repair and ligament bracing as an alternative treatment option for acute combined PCL injuries involving the posteromedial or posterolateral corner-results of a multicentre study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Comparison of Impairments, Activity Limitations, Balance, and Quality of Life between Patients with and without Meniscus Repair or Partial Meniscectomy Post-ACL Reconstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Use of PROMs in Paediatric Orthopaedic Registries.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Different injury patterns exist among patients undergoing operative treatment of isolated PCL, combined PCL/ACL, and isolated ACL injuries: a study from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
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- Treatment of Partial Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries with Platelet-Rich Plasma in Growth Factors (PRGF) Intraligamentous Infiltration and a Specific Knee Brace.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- An evaluation of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
- Rates of knee arthroplasty in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed patients: a longitudinal cohort study of 111,212 procedures over 20 years.Acta orthopaedica · 2019Article
- The morphology and histology study on rabbit degenerated medial meniscus after posterior cruciate ligament rupture.Bioscience reports · 2019Article
- Isolated Posterior Cruciate Reconstruction Results in Improved Functional Outcome but Low Rates of Return to Preinjury Level of Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2018Review
- The Role of Osteotomy for the Treatment of PCL Injuries.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2018Review
- Both isolated and multi-ligament posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction results in improved subjective outcome: results from the Danish Knee Ligament Reconstruction Registry.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2018Article
- Long-term results of posterior cruciate ligament tear with or without reconstruction: A nationwide, population-based cohort study.PloS one · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of surgically treated posterior cruciate ligament injuries in Scandinavia.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate differences in preoperative knee function (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, KOOS), the time period from injury to surgery, and associated injuries when comparing primary isolated posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions.
methodsIsolated primary ACL and PCL reconstructions registered in the Norwegian National Knee Ligament Registry from 2004 through 2010 were included (n = 71 primary PCLs and 9,649 primary ACLs). Linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the preoperative KOOS subscale values.
resultsThe preoperative KOOS in the PCL group (n = 71) and ACL group (n = 9,649) was significantly different for the subscales symptoms (mean difference, -8.4; 95% CI: -12.8 to -4.0), pain (mean difference, -15.9; 95% CI: -20.3 to -11.4), activities of daily living (mean difference, -12.9; 95% CI: -17.4 to -8.4), sport and recreation (mean difference, -15.9; 95% CI: -22.6 to -9.3), and quality of life (mean difference, -7.9; 95% CI: -12.4 to -3.5). The primary isolated PCL-reconstructed knees had a median time from injury to surgery of 21 months in comparison with 8 months for ACL injuries. The ACL-injured knees had more associated injuries (meniscus and full-thickness cartilage lesions) than the PCL-injured knees.
conclusionSurgically treated knees with an isolated rupture of the PCL exhibited worse knee function preoperatively compared with knees with an isolated ACL injury; in addition, the delay to surgery was longer. Meniscal lesions were found more frequently in ACL-injured knees. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prospective cohort study, evidence Level I.
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