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ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2016

A Case-Control Study Comparing Bone Bruising and Intra-articular Injuries in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With and Without Medial Collateral Ligament Tears.

Melissa A Kluczynski, John M Marzo, Michael A Rauh, Geoffrey A Bernas, Leslie J Bisson

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Article in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bone bruise in anterior cruciate ligament rupture entails a more severe joint damage affecting joint degenerative progression.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019
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  2. Younger age increases the risk of sustaining multiple concomitant injuries with an ACL rupture.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melissa A KluczynskiUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
John M MarzoUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Michael A RauhUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Geoffrey A BernasUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Leslie J BissonUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConcomitant injuries can occur in patients with combined anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) tears; however, no studies have compared these injuries in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction with an MCL tear to those with an intact MCL. PURPOSE: To compare bone bruising, meniscus tears, and chondral lesions in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction with an MCL tear (cases) to those with an intact MCL (controls). STUDY

designCase-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

methodsThirty-two cases and 352 controls were identified from a prospective registry. Bone bruising was confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging, and meniscus tears and chondral lesions were confirmed arthroscopically. Demographics and concomitant injuries were compared between cases and controls using exact chi-square tests. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, and mechanism and type of injury.

resultsCases had significantly more contact injuries than controls (58.1% vs 21.3%, P < .0001). The prevalence and odds of bone bruising of the lateral tibial plateau (89.7% vs 84.6%; P = .59; OR, 3.53; 95% CI, 0.45-27.71), lateral femoral condyle (82.8% vs 72.8%; P = .28; OR, 1.94; 95% CI, 0.64-5.88), medial tibial plateau (20.7% vs 31.7%; P = 0.29; OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.19-1.53), and medial femoral condyle (6.9% vs 8.3%; P ≥ .999; OR, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.21-5.40) did not differ significantly between cases and controls. The prevalence and odds of lateral meniscus tears (53.3% vs 43%; P = .34; OR, 1.85; 95% CI, 0.76-4.52), medial meniscus tears (31.3% vs 33.5%; P = .85; OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.37-2.21), and chondral lesions (16% vs 10.8%; P = .50; OR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.15-3.21) also did not significantly differ between cases and controls.

conclusionACL-MCL injuries were most often due to a contact mechanism, whereas ACL tears without associated MCL injury were more frequently due to a noncontact mechanism. However, there were no significant differences in concomitant injuries in ACL-MCL knees versus ACL knees.

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anterior cruciate ligamentbone bruisingchondral lesionmedial collateral ligamentmeniscus tear

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PMCPMC4973400
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