ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2018
Both isolated and multi-ligament posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction results in improved subjective outcome: results from the Danish Knee Ligament Reconstruction Registry.
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- Operative management of isolated posterior cruciate ligament injuries improves stability and reduces the incidence of secondary osteoarthritis: a systematic review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Pooled it
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- Evaluation of Factors Associated With Short-term Failure After Primary Isolated PCL Reconstruction: A Study of Patients From the Swedish and Norwegian Knee Ligament Registries.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Meniscal Lesions in Multi-Ligament Knee Injuries.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
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- Rates of Subjective Failure After Both Isolated and Combined Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Study From the Norwegian Knee Ligament Registry 2004-2021.The American journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
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- Patient injury claims for posterior cruciate ligament injury: a nationwide registry study in Finland.Acta orthopaedica · 2023Review
- Outcome of Arthroscopic All-Inside Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using the Posterior Trans-Septal Approach.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Delayed multiligament PCL reconstruction is associated with a higher prevalence of intraarticular injury and may influence treatment.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Different patient and activity-related characteristics result in different injury profiles for patients with anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament injuries.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- 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
- Low posterior tibial slope is associated with increased risk of PCL graft failure.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Clinical and functional outcomes of isolated posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients over the age of 40 years.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- An increasing trend of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in South Korea: epidemiologic analysis using Korean National Health Insurance System Database.Knee surgery & related research · 2021Article
- Registry Studies Use Inconsistent Methods to Account for Patients Lost to Follow-up, and Rates of Patients LTFU Are High.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Combined posterolateral knee reconstruction: ACL-based injuries perform better compared to PCL-based injuries.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThere are few descriptions of outcomes after posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction in the literature due to the rarity of this type of knee injury. Since 2005, the Danish Knee Ligament Reconstruction Registry (DKRR) has monitored outcomes of PCL reconstructions. This study describes the epidemiology of PCL reconstruction and subsequent outcomes in a Danish population.
methodsOf 23,253 knee ligament reconstructions performed in 2005-2015, 581 were registered as PCL reconstructions in the DKRR. The types of reconstruction were classified as isolated (n = 237) or multi-ligament (n = 344), and the cause of injury and concomitant meniscus and cartilage injury data were extracted. The outcome at 1-year follow-up was based on the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and Tegner activity level. The outcome data were compared with data on 21.820 primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions.
resultsIsolated PCL reconstruction was performed in 43% of cases. Meniscus lesions and cartilage lesions were seen in 19 and 15% of cases, respectively. The main causes of PCL injuries were sports (43%) and traffic accidents (33%). The KOOS improved from pre-operative to 1-year follow-up for both isolated PCL reconstructions and multi-ligament PCL reconstructions but did not reach the levels of those recorded in ACL reconstructions. Multi-ligament reconstructions showed the highest improvement in KOOS. The Tegner activity levels for isolated and multi-ligament PCL reconstructions were 4 (0-7) and 4 (0-8), respectively.
conclusionsPCL reconstructions represented only 2.6% of all knee ligament reconstructions in Denmark. Sports and traffic accidents were the main causes of injury. Meniscus and cartilage injuries were less frequent in PCL injuries as compared to ACL injuries. Isolated PCL and multi-ligament PCL reconstructions showed significant improvements in subjective outcomes but did not reach those observed in ACL reconstructions. Patients should be counselled about expected outcomes after PCL reconstruction. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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