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Document Title: Faber-AJSM-Jul99
Article Title: Occult Osteochondral Lesions After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture: Six-Year Magnetic Resonance Imaging Follow-up Study
Author: Kenneth J. Faber, MD, FRCS(C), James R. Dill, MD, Annunziato Amendola, MD, FRCS(C), Lisa Thain, MD, FRCP(C), Alison Spouge, MD, FRCP(C) and Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCS(C) Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, 3M Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Publication: The American Journal of Sports Medicine
ISSN: 03635465
Date: July-August 1999.
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Volume: 27
Issue: 4
Pages: 489-494
Key Words: Knee, sports medicine, surgery, cartilage, grafts, chondral, biomechanics
ABSTRACT
Twenty-three patients with acute anterior cruciate ligament injuries, normal radiographs, and occult osteochondral lesions revealed by magnetic resonance imaging were reviewed 6 years after initial injury and anterior cruciate ligament hamstring autograft reconstruction. Each patient completed the Mohtadi Quality of Life outcome measure for anterior cruciate ligament deficiency, underwent clinical examination, and had a repeat magnetic resonance imaging scan. The index and follow-up magnetic resonance imaging scans were compared with respect to cartilage thinning and marrow signal. A significant number of patients had evidence of cartilage thinning adjacent to the site of the initial osteochondral lesion. Marrow signal changes persisted in 15 (65%) of the patients. Clinical comparison of patients with normal cartilage with those who had cartilage thinning revealed similar results on both KT-1000 arthrometry and on the Mohtadi outcome measure. This suggests that the initial injury resulted in irreversible changes in the knee. Injuries causing marrow signal changes may result in an alteration in the load-bearing properties of subchondral bone, which in turn allow for changes in the overlying cartilage. Further follow-up will determine the clinical significance of changes detected by magnetic resonance imaging.
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