ArticleSkeletal radiology2018
Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the normal knee anterolateral ligament in children and adolescents.
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- Magnetic resonance imaging-based identification of the knee anterolateral ligament: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Addition of a 2-Limb Lateral Extra-articular Procedure to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Does Not Increase Early Complications in Pediatric Patients at Minimum 1-Year Follow-Up.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Comparative study on health behaviors among adolescents with chronic allergic disease before and during COVID-19 using data from the Korean Youth Health Panel Surveys.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee in Pediatric Patients: What Do We Know? A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- EVALUATION OF THE ANTEROLATERAL LIGAMENT OF THE KNEE IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE MRI: CASE SERIES.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2023Article
- Multiplanar reformation improves identification of the anterolateral ligament with MRI of the knee.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Femoral and tibial bone bruise volume is not correlated with ALL injury or rotational instability in patients with ACL-deficient knee.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
- Highlights of the special scientific sessions of the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Skeletal Society (ISS) 2018, Berlin, Germany.Skeletal radiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo characterize the anterolateral ligament (ALL) in normal knees of pediatric patients by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to establish the age at which it is possible to visualize its presence and whether there are differences between male and female populations. MATERIALS AND
methodsMRI scans of patients younger than 18 years were retrospectively evaluated. The exams were performed in 1.5-T scanners. The ALL was characterized dichotomously as visualized or not visualized based on the assessment criteria of this structure in adult patients. The characterization of the ALL was divided according to sex and age.
resultsA total of 363 knee MRI scans were evaluated, 200 from male and 163 from female patients. The ALL was more frequently visualized in coronal sequences. The mean ALL visualization in pediatric patients was 69.4% and was lower in younger patients and higher in patients close to 18 years. It was not possible to visualize the ALL in female patients younger than 7 years or in male patients younger than 6 years. In patients between 17 and 18 years of age, the ALL was visualized in 100% of cases in both sexes.
conclusionsVisualization of the ALL increased with age in both sexes. Only after age 13 in females and age 15 in males was visualization of the ALL close to 70%; thus, below these ages, we believe that the characterization of this structure with conventional protocols is still imprecise.
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